Protocols Supported

In Chapter 15, the discussion of the TCP/IP suite focused mainly on the network-layer protocols (such as IP) and transport-layer protocols (such as TCP and UDP) and how they work. The only application-layer protocols considered were the rather specialized ones called DHCP and DNS, which provide addressing and name resolution functions on TCP/IP internetworks like the Internet.

In addition, TCP/IP includes a whole series of application-layer protocols whose function is to allow users to interface with client/server applications and distributed applications on an internetwork. Examples of these protocols include Telnet, HTTP, FTP, Gopher, SMTP, NNTP, and so on. Other protocols, such as Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) ...

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