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LDP/guide/docbook/Linux-Networking/TCP-IP.xml
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@ -43,15 +43,19 @@ services. Its main disadvantage though is that it requires more effort
in administration than other simpler protocols.
</para>
<para>
We will only analyse the TCP/IP model briefly here due to the fact that
there are currently many great reference texts out there already about the
TCP/IP model such as at
http://www.sangoma.com/fguide.htm
www.citap.com/documents/tcp-ip/tcpip012.htm
and of course in the TCP/IP Request For Comments (RFC) publication
</para>
Layer 1 and 2 - Network Access
<para><variablelist>
<varlistentry><term>Layer 1 and 2 - Network Access</term>
<listitem><para>
<para>
These two layers (Physical/Datalink) deal with pure hardware (ie. wires,
satellite links, NICs, hubs.....) and is roughly synonymous with that of
@ -70,8 +74,10 @@ is responsible for exchanging data between a host and the network and for
delivering data between two devices on the same network. Node physical
addresses are used to accomplish delivery on the local network.
</para>
</para></listitem></varlistentry>
Layer 3 - Internet
<varlistentry><term>Layer 3 - Internet</term>
<listitem><para>
<para>
The Internetwork Layer it is the heart of TCP/IP and the most important protocol.
@ -93,7 +99,10 @@ internetwork routing. The Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) enable IP to identif
physical address that matches a given IP address.
</para>
Layer 4 - Transport
</para></listitem></varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term>Layer 4 - Transport</term>
<listitem><para>
<para>
The transport layer is similar to the OSI transport model, but with elements
@ -161,8 +170,10 @@ The delivering of information from an application on one computer to an
application on another computer.
</para>
Layer 5 - Process/Application
</para></listitem></varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term>Layer 5 - Process/Application</term>
<listitem><para>
<para>
This layer is broadly equivalent to the application, presentation,
session layers of the OSI model. It includes all processes that use the
@ -182,5 +193,8 @@ layer are Telnet, FTP (File Transport Protocol), SNMP (Simple Network
Management Protocol), HTTP (Hyer Text Transfer Protocol) and SMTP
(Simple Mail Transfer Protocol).
</para>
</para></listitem></varlistentry>
</variablelist></para>
</sect1>