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Intoduction to the Internet Protocols
Table Of Contents
- What is TCP/IP?
- General description of the TCP/IP protocols
- The TCP level
- The IP level
- The Ethernet level
- Well-known sockets and the applications layer
- An example application: SMTP
- Protocols other than TCP: UDP and ICMP
- Keeping track of names and information: the domain system
- Routing
- Details about Internet addresses: subnets and broadcasting
- Datagram fragmentation and reassembly
- Ethernet encapsulation: ARP
- Getting more information
This document is a brief introduction to TCP/IP, followed by advice on
what to read for more information. This is not intended to be a
complete description. It can give you a reasonable idea of the
capabilities of the protocols. But if you need to know any details of
the technology, you will want to read the standards yourself.
Throughout the text, you will find references to the standards, in the
form of "RFC" or "IEN" numbers. These are document numbers. The final
section of this document tells you how to get copies of those
standards.
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