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TCP/IP Frequently Asked Questions

Table of Contents

This is the Table of Contents for the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) list for the comp.protocols.tcp-ip Usenet newsgroup. The FAQ provides answers to a selection of common questions on the various protocols (IP, TCP, UDP, ICMP and others) that make up the TCP/IP protocol suite. It is posted to the news.answers, comp.answers and comp.protocols.tcp-ip newsgroups on or about the first Friday of every month.

The FAQ is posted in two parts. Part 1 contains answers to general questions and questions that concern the fundamental components of the suite. Part 2 contains answers to questions concerning common applications that depend on the TCP/IP suite for their network connectivity.

Comments on this document can be emailed to the FAQ maintainer at <tcp-ip-faq@eng.sun.com>.

FAQ Part 1: Introduction and Fundamental Protocols

Administrivia

1. Where can I find an up-to-date copy of this FAQ?
2. Who wrote this FAQ?

About TCP/IP

1. What is TCP/IP?
2. How is TCP/IP defined?
3. Where can I find RFC's?
4. How do I find the right RFC?

About IP

1. What is IP?
2. How is IP carried on a network?
3. Does IP Protect Data on the Network?
4. What is ARP?
5. What is IPv6?
6. What happened to IPv5?
7. What is the 6bone?
8. What is the MBONE?
9. What is IPsec?

About TCP

1. What is TCP?
2. How does TCP try to avoid network meltdown?
3. How do applications coexist over TCP and UDP?
4. Where do I find assigned port numbers?

About UDP

1. What is UDP?

About ICMP

1. What is ICMP?

TCP/IP Network Operations

1. How can I measure the performance of an IP link?
2. What IP addresses should I assign to machines on a private internet?
3. Can I set up a gateway to the Internet that translates IP addresses, so that I don't have to change all our internal addresses to an official network?
4. Can I use a single bit subnet?

TCP/IP Protocol Implementations

1. Where can I find TCP/IP source code?
2. Where can I find TCP/IP application source code?
3. Where can I find IPv6 source code?

Further Sources of Information

1. What newsgroups deal with TCP/IP?
2. Are there any good books on TCP/IP?

FAQ Part 2 -- Applications and Application Programming

What Are The Common TCP/IP Application Protocols?

1. DHCP
2. DNS
3. FTP
4. HTTP
5. IMAP
6. NFS
7. NNTP
8. NTP
9. POP
10. Rlogin
11. Rsh
12. SMTP
13. SNMP
14. Ssh
15. Telnet
16. X Window System

TCP/IP Programming

1. What are sockets?
2. How can I detect that the other end of a TCP connection has crashed?
3. Can TCP keepalive timeouts be configured?
4. Are there object-oriented network programming tools?

This compilation contains the opinions of the FAQ maintainer and the various FAQ contributors. Any resemblance to the opinions of the FAQ maintainer's employer is entirely coincidental.

Copyright (C) Mike Oliver 1997-1999. All Rights Reserved.