Section 4 - The TCP Protocol

Section 1 surveyed Internet technology, Section 2 looked at DNS, and Section 3 examined the IP protocol, used to transport datagrams between Internet hosts.

In this section, we'll take a look at the TCP protocol, which uses IP to implement data streams.

• Session Management
• TCP Protocol Overview
• Flow Control
• Sliding Window
• Sockets and Ports
• TCP Operation
• TCP Header Format
• Sequence Numbers
• TCP Connection Open
• TCP Connection Close
• TCPdump