>>>>> "Suresh" == V Suresh <V_Suresh> writes:
Suresh> Hi, I want to know how two identical packets are
Suresh> differentiated and given to the appropriate applications -
Suresh> to be more clear, suppose two browsers are opened in the
Suresh> same machine, and both issue the same 'GET' HTTP command
Suresh> to the same website. Then, the network packets will be
Suresh> having the same source and destination address, and the
Suresh> same port number(80, here). Now, when these two packets
Suresh> are sent, and the resultant packets arrive to our machine,
Suresh> which again would be identical, how is it that the kernel
Suresh> differentiates between the packets and sends the correct
Suresh> one to the appropriate browser??
(source port, source address, protocol, destination port, destination
address) uniquely identifies a connection.
Guess which one differs in your scenario?
I'd recommend a few good books here if I ever read technical books,
which I don't.
Regards,
-- Raju
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It is the mind that moves
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