CompTIA Tech+ CertMike: Prepare. Practice. Pass the Test! Get Certified!, 2nd Edition

CHAPTER 13Application Protocols: Objective 2.8: Identify basic networking concepts

You’ve already learned about the roles that the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and the Internet Protocol (IP) play in routing traffic from one destination to another on the Internet. TCP and IP are used in combination with other protocols that are specific to the activity that the user is conducting.

In this chapter, you’ll learn everything you need to know about the second portion of Tech+ objective 2.8, including the following topics:

• • Basic network services
  • Secure web browsing
  • File transfer
  • Email

The remaining portions of objective 2.8 are covered in Chapter 12, “TCP/IP Networking,” and Chapter 14, “Network Devices.”

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