CHAPTER 24. Overview of the TCP/IP Protocol Suite
SOME OF THE MAIN TOPICS IN THIS CHAPTER ARE
TCP/IP and the OSI Reference Model 360
The Internet Protocol (IP) 364
The Address Resolution Protocol—Resolving IP Addresses to Hardware Addresses 380
The Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) 386
The User Datagram Protocol (UDP) 395
Ports, Services, and Applications 397
The Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) 398
TCP/IP is the primary network protocol used on the Internet. Unlike many earlier network protocols—such as ARCnet and DECnet—TCP/IP was not developed by a single vendor as a proprietary solution. TCP/IP was created to provide a network link between computer hardware and software platforms from various vendors (such as IBM and Digital Equipment ...
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