Re: Ports and Sockets [7:19701]

2001-10-03 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
!Hola! Socket has another meaning in the Unix world which I have never quite understood. Perhaps someone else can explain that. Socket = logical connection = tuple of (remote IP, source port, dest port). The source IP is implicit. :-) Not exactly. Socket is not only for IP... And the

RE: Ports and Sockets [7:19701]

2001-09-13 Thread Howard C. Berkowitz
]]On Behalf Of Priscilla Oppenheimer Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 6:54 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Ports and Sockets [7:19701] Ports are used by TCP and UDP to identify the next layer up in the packet. IP has a Protocol field that has a similar function. Ethernet II has EtherType. IEEE

Re: Ports and Sockets [7:19701]

2001-09-13 Thread Priscilla Oppenheimer
Please send responses to the list. Do not send to anyone's personal e-mail address. This was a great answer. Why should it just go to me? Thanks, Priscilla At 10:29 PM 9/12/01, you wrote: On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 09:53:44PM -0400, Priscilla Oppenheimer wrote: Socket has another meaning in

Re: Ports and Sockets [7:19701]

2001-09-13 Thread Priscilla Oppenheimer
That's a good AppleTalk description of socket. It's not the Unix meaning?? Priscilla At 10:03 PM 9/12/01, Marty Adkins wrote: Priscilla Oppenheimer wrote: Socket has another meaning in the Unix world which I have never quite understood. Perhaps someone else can explain that. Socket =

Re: Ports and Sockets [7:19701]

2001-09-13 Thread Priscilla Oppenheimer
At 02:51 PM 9/13/01, Tony van Ree wrote: Hi, Here is what I found at http://perlfect.com/articles/sockets.shtml Perl, Sockets and TCP/IP Networking. An oversimplified introduction to sockets Sockets are a mechanism that allows programs to communicate, either on the same machine or across a

Ports and Sockets [7:19701]

2001-09-12 Thread Dennis Laganiere
Hopefully this will start a new conversation. I've tried to describe the difference between Ports and Sockets. Your thoughts are welcome... Port Numbers are used by IP to pass information to the upper layers; they provide the mechanism for cooperating applications to communicate. Numbers below

Re: Ports and Sockets [7:19701]

2001-09-12 Thread Priscilla Oppenheimer
Ports are used by TCP and UDP to identify the next layer up in the packet. IP has a Protocol field that has a similar function. Ethernet II has EtherType. IEEE 802.3 has the 802.2 Service Access Point (SAP). IPX and AppleTalk have sockets. Almost every protocol has some way of specifying what

Re: Ports and Sockets [7:19701]

2001-09-12 Thread Marty Adkins
Priscilla Oppenheimer wrote: Socket has another meaning in the Unix world which I have never quite understood. Perhaps someone else can explain that. Socket = logical connection = tuple of (remote IP, source port, dest port). The source IP is implicit. :-) - Marty Message Posted at:

RE: Ports and Sockets [7:19701]

2001-09-12 Thread Chuck Larrieu
the abstraction is similar for IPX, AppleTalk, and any other protocol suite one can name. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Priscilla Oppenheimer Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 6:54 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Ports and Sockets [7:19701

Re: Ports and Sockets [7:19701]

2001-09-12 Thread Fanglo
:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Priscilla Oppenheimer Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 6:54 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Ports and Sockets [7:19701] Ports are used by TCP and UDP to identify the next layer up in the packet. IP has a Protocol field that has a similar function. Ethernet

Re: Ports and Sockets [7:19701]

2001-09-12 Thread Tony van Ree
Hi, Here is what I found at http://perlfect.com/articles/sockets.shtml Perl, Sockets and TCP/IP Networking. An oversimplified introduction to sockets Sockets are a mechanism that allows programs to communicate, either on the same machine or across a network. The way it works is pretty