BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) is a protocol for exchanging routing information between gateway hosts (each with its own router) in a network of autonomous systems. BGP is often the protocol used between gateway hosts on the Internet. The routing table contains a list of known routers, the addresses they can reach, and a cost metric […]
Category: Protocols
What are some common networking protocols?
Common Networking Protocols TCP – TCP breaks data into manageable packets and tracks information such as source and destination of packets. It is able to reroute packets and is responsible for guaranteed delivery of the data. IP – This is a connectionless protocol, which means that a session is not created before sending data. IP […]
What is HTTPS?
HTTPS (HTTP over SSL or HTTP Secure) is the use of Secure Socket Layer (SSL) or Transport Layer Security (TLS) as a sublayer under regular HTTP application layering. HTTPS encrypts and decrypts user page requests as well as the pages that are returned by the Web server.
What is Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)?
The Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) is a core protocol of the Internet protocol suite. It originated in the initial network implementation in which it complemented the Internet Protocol (IP). Therefore, the entire suite is commonly referred to as TCP/IP. Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) provides connection-oriented traffic with a guaranteed delivery. TCP uses a three-way handshake. […]
Common Ports
PDF file: common_ports by Jeremy Stretch, via packetlife.net
What is arp?
The address resolution protocol (arp) is a protocol used by the Internet Protocol (IP), specifically IPv4, to map IP network addresses to the hardware addresses used by a data link protocol. The protocol operates below the network layer as a part of the interface between the OSI network and OSI link layer.
What is RDP?
Remote Desktop Protocol: A Microsoft protocol that allows a user to view and control the desktop of a remote computer TCP Port 3389
What is NTP?
Network Time Protocol: Used by a network device to synchronize its clock with a time server (NTP server) UDP Port 123
What is HTTP?
Hypertext Transfer Protocol: Retrieves content from a web server TCP Port 80
What is NetBIOS?
Network Basic Input/Output System: Provides network communication services for LANs that use NetBIOS TCP Port 139 UDP Port 137, 138