TCP/ip

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TCP/IP Formal Paper


Introduction

The document that I chose to write about was a book entitled TCP/IP Clearly Explained, by Pete Loshin. I chose this subject to research, hopefully to gain a better understanding of TCP/IP for myself and in doing so, my research and/or analysis of this book will also present to you in such a way, that you too, will also receive additional knowledge, or at the very minimum, a curiosity will be peaked and you will want to learn more about these protocols. I will not have time to delve into both protocols, so I will focus mainly on the Internet Protocol (IP) since this clearly falls under the topic of “interconnecting” networks in that it is a protocol that makes the Internet possible. Interestingly enough, I began this project by digging through the RFC documents, the one in particular was FYI3 and by going to libraries and a couple of book stores, eventually to stumble across this book. It was published within the last ten years, 2003 to be precise.

The book is divided into six parts (and a total of thirty one chapters) with the seventh part devoted to several Appendices that provide a summary of network organizations and groups that helped develop these networks, in addition to terminology that we are familiar with by providing us with a select group of protocols and their summaries that if for nothing else provides a quick, easy reference guide to many of the protocols that we have experienced thus far in this class. The overall feel of this book is to make an attempt to explain clearly, the core protocols of TCP/IP and how they make the global Internet possible. The author also, rather than garnering additional length to his book, by including lists and lists of RFC numbers and titles, as well as lists of well-known ports we are already familiar with, along with exhaustive lists of URLs that totally overwhelm us, has tried to make his explanation of the topic as fundamental as possible...