2.1 Transport

The .NET Packet Routing Protocol can be used over any transport protocol that supports SOAP version 1.1 [SOAP1.1] or SOAP version 1.2 [SOAP1.2-1/2007]. This specification uses the term SOAP to mean either SOAP 1.1 or SOAP 1.2. Where the differences between the two versions of SOAP are significant, either SOAP 1.1 or SOAP 1.2 is referenced.

Effective use of this protocol requires transmitting any messages that are to be treated as SOAP packets as self-contained, independent data entities that carry sufficient information to be routed from the source to the destination computer without reliance on earlier exchanges. This protocol does not prescribe any specific algorithm or communications infrastructure for forwarding a packet after it has been received by the router.