Chapter 3. Alternative Network Stacks
Computers are very good at following precise instructions, but they're not very good at improvising or dealing with deviations from expectations. For this reason, computer networks rely on a series of very precisely defined protocols—descriptions of how a procedure or transaction is supposed to occur. As described briefly in Chapter 1, these protocols are arranged in a linear fashion to form what's referred to as a network protocol stack, or a network stack or protocol stack for short. The Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) stack is the most common network stack; it forms the basis of the Internet, as well as of most Linux network tools. Chapter 2 described configuring Linux to use
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