January 2008
Intermediate to advanced
624 pages
14h 16m
English
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TCP is a connection-based protocol. Before data can flow on a TCP connection, the connection must be formally established through a handshake process. To gracefully stop the flow of data on a TCP connection and release the resources of the connection, it must be terminated through a similar handshake process. This chapter describes the details of TCP connection establishment and termination and the states of a TCP connection.
A TCP connection is a bidirectional, full-duplex logical circuit ...