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Linux Kernel Networking: Implementation and Theory
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Linux Kernel Networking: Implementation and Theory

by Rami Rosen
December 2013
Beginner to intermediate
648 pages
18h 28m
English
Apress
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CHAPTER 11

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Layer 4 Protocols

Chapter 10 discussed the Linux IPsec subsystem and its implementation. In this chapter, I will discuss four transport layer (L4) protocols. I will start our discussion with the two most commonly used transport layer (L4) protocols, the User Datagram Protocol (UDP) and the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), which are used for many years. Subsequently, I will discuss the newer Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) and Datagram Congestion Control Protocol (DCCP) protocols, which combine features of TCP and UDP. I will start the chapter with describing the sockets API, which is the interface between the transport ...

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