TCP/ UDP header

2000-08-29 Thread Thomas Peroutka
Hi Guys, just reading a book and saw pictures of TCP and UDP headers. Whereas the UDP header has a length field describing the length of the UDP segment including data and header, I can´t see such a field in TCP. Is this an error of the book or how does TCP determine the length of the segment/

Re: TCP/ UDP header

2000-08-29 Thread Phil Barker
The length isn't explicitly transmitted but is computed via the Sequence Number and Ack Number. RFC 793 has more detail. http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc793.html Regards, Phil. PS: There are some talented women on this site !! "Guy" --- Thomas Peroutka [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Guys,

Re: Re[2]: TCP/ UDP header

2000-08-29 Thread Phil Barker
Thomas, I didn't expect an apology, I was merely making a dry observation. Sorry. Now where evens. Regards, Phil. --- Thomas Peroutka [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thx for the info and sorry for the "guys", just ment it as an expression like "folkes", "co-eds" or something like that -

Re: TCP/ UDP header

2000-08-29 Thread Howard C. Berkowitz
The length isn't explicitly transmitted but is computed via the Sequence Number and Ack Number. RFC 793 has more detail. http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc793.html Regards, Phil. PS: There are some talented women on this site !! "Guy" Excellent answer! I was about to go check the RFC myself

Re: TCP/ UDP header

2000-08-29 Thread Donald B Johnson Jr
I thought that these numbers are randomly generated, and the the length was contained in a psuedo header. Duck - Original Message - From: Phil Barker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Thomas Peroutka [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 4:26 AM Subject: Re: TCP/ UDP