3NETWORK PROTOCOL STRUCTURES
The old adage “There is nothing new under the sun” holds true when it comes to the way protocols are structured. Binary and text protocols follow common patterns and structures and, once understood, can easily be applied to any new protocol. This chapter details some of these structures and formalizes the way I’ll represent them throughout the rest of this book.
In this chapter, I discuss many of the common types of protocol structures. Each is described in detail along with how it is represented in binary- or text-based protocols. By the end of the chapter, you should be able to easily identify these common types in any unknown protocol you analyze.
Once you understand how protocols are structured, you’ll also see ...
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