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Understanding TCP/IP

By : CP Books a.s.
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Understanding TCP/IP

By: CP Books a.s.

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This book covers in detail the Open System Interconnection (OSI) reference model and the TCP/IP protocols that operate that different layers. Its coverage includes various application protocols. The authors explain in an easy-to-read style networking concepts and protocols, with examples that make the book a practical guide in addition to its coverage of theory.

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Table of Contents (20 chapters)
Preface
Preface
What This Book Covers
What You Need for This Book
Conventions
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1. Introduction to Network Protocols
1. Introduction to Network Protocols
1.1 ISO OSI
1.2 TCP/IP
1.3 Methods of Information Transmission
1.4 Virtual Circuit
2
2. Network Monitoring Tools
2. Network Monitoring Tools
2.1 Packet Drivers
2.2 MS Network Monitor
2.3 Ethereal
2.4 Homework
3
3. Physical Layer
3. Physical Layer
3.1 Serial Line
3.2 Modems
3.3 Digital Circuits
3.4 LAN
4
4. Link Layer
4. Link Layer
4.1 Serial Line Internet Protocol
4.2 Compressed SLIP
4.3 High-Level Data Link Control Protocol
4.4 Point-To-Point Protocol
4.5 Frame Relay
4.6 Local Area Networks
4.7 Wireless Local Area Network
4.8 Fixed Wireless Access
5
5. Internet Protocol
5. Internet Protocol
5.1 IP Datagram
5.2. Internet Control Message Protocol
5.3 Fragmentation
5.4 Optional Entries in the IP Header
5.5 ARP and RARP Protocols
5.6 Internet Group Management Protocol
5.7 Multicast and Link Protocol
6
6. IP Address
6. IP Address
6.1 Network: First Period of History
6.2 Network: Second Period of History
6.3 IP Addresses in the Intranet and Special-Use IP Addresses
6.4 Unnumbered Interface
6.5 Address Plan
6.6 Over 254 Interfaces in a LAN
7
7. Routing
7. Routing
7.1 Forwarding and Screening
7.2 Routing
7.3 Handling Routing Tables
7.4 Routing Protocols
7.5 Neutral Exchange Point
8
8. IP Version 6
8. IP Version 6
8.1 Next Headers of IP Version 6 Datagram
8.2 ICMP Version 6 Protocol
8.3. IP Addresses
8.4 Windows 2003
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9. Transmission Control Protocol
9. Transmission Control Protocol
9.1 TCP Segments
9.2 TCP Header Options
9.3 Establishing and Terminating a Connection with TCP
9.4 Determining the Connection State
9.5 Response Delay Techniques
9.6 Window Technique
9.7 Network Congestion
9.8 The Window Scale Factor
10
10. User Datagram Protocol
10. User Datagram Protocol
10.1 Fragmentation
10.2 Broadcasts and Multicasts
11
11. Domain Name System
11. Domain Name System
11.1 Domains and Subdomains
11.2 Name Syntax
11.3 Reverse Domains
11.4 Resource Records
11.5 DNS Protocol
11.6 DNS Query
12
12. Telnet
12. Telnet
12.1 The NVT Protocol
12.2 Telnet Protocol Commands
12.3 Example of Windows NT Client Communication
12.4 Example of UNIX Client Communication
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13. File Transfer Protocol
13. File Transfer Protocol
13.1 Architecture
13.2 Active Mode of FTP Protocol Communication
13.3 Passive Mode of FTP Protocol Communication
13.4 FTP Commands
13.5 Proxy
13.6 Return Codes
13.7 Abnormal Termination of Data Transfer
13.8 Anonymous FTP
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14. Hypertext Transfer Protocol
14. Hypertext Transfer Protocol
14.1 Client-Server
14.2 Proxy
14.3 Gateway
14.4 Tunnel
14.5 More Intermediate Nodes
14.6 Uniform Resource Identifier
14.7 Relative URI
14.8 The HTTP Request
14.9 The HTTP Response
14.10 Other Header Fields
14.11 Cookie
15
15. Email
15. Email
15.1 Email Architecture
15.2 Mail Message Format
15.3 MIME
15.4 SMTP
15.5 ESMTP
15.6 POP3
15.7 IMAP4
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16. Forums
16. Forums
16.1 Message Format
16.2 NNTP Protocol
17
17. Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
17. Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
17.1 Protocol Principle
17.2 Data Model of LDAP Directory
17.3 LDAP Protocol Data Units
17.4 Server Programs
17.5 Client Programs
17.6 Lightweight Directory Interchange Format
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A. CISCO Routers
A. CISCO Routers
A.1 Interface Identification
A.2 Cables
A.3 Memory
A.4 Console
A.5 Commands
A.6 Configuration
A.7 Debugging
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Index
Index

9.1 TCP Segments

The structure of a TCP segment is illustrated in the following figure:

9.1 TCP Segments

Figure 9.4: TCP segment

The source port is the port of the TCP segment source while the destination port is the port of the TCP segment destination. The five entries, source port, destination port, source IP address, destination IP address, and TCP protocol, unambiguously identify the particular connection on the Internet at any given time.

A TCP segment is part of the data flow between the source and the destination. The sequence number is the sequence number of the first byte of a TCP segment in the data flow from the source to the destination (TCP transfers bytes from the sequence number of the transferred byte to the length of the segment). The data flow in the opposite direction has an independent (different) numbering of its data. Since the transferred byte sequence number is 32 bits long, after reaching a value of 232-1, it cyclically attains a value of 0 again. Numbering usually does not start...

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