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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
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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
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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
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 =
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
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
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
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
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the abstraction is similar for IPX, AppleTalk, and any other
protocol suite one can name.
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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
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
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