March 10, 2007   Filed under: Server Security,Technical Articles
— SupportPRO Admin @ 12:07 am    The Internet Protocol (IP) is a
data oriented protocol that allows multiple hosts to talk to
each other across network connections. Data in an IP network are
sent in blocks referred to as packets or datagrams. They
typically have a source host, destination host, and source and
destination ports associated with the communication. Layered on
top of the IP protocol are other protocols. These are typically
transport layers. There are two main transport protocols that
are heavily used. Transmission control protocol (TCP) is a
stateful delivery mechanism that makes a best effort to deliver
the packets requested. If the first attempt fails, multiple
attempts are made to route and deliver the packet. This protocol
is very good at delivering text files that can not tolerate data
corruption. With this protocol clients have the ability to
request redelivery of packets that were not properly received
and can handle our of or