Anatomy of the Linux networking stack (developerWorks)

[Posted August 13, 2007 by jake]

As seen on Slashdot, IBM developerWorks has an overview of the Linux networking stack. "Practically speaking, the layers of the networking stack go by much more recognizable names. At the link layer, you find Ethernet, the most common high-speed medium. Older link-layer protocols include the serial protocols such as the Serial Line Internet Protocol (SLIP), Compressed SLIP (CSLIP), and the Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP). The most common network layer protocol is Internet Protocol (IP), but other protocols exist at the network layer that satisfy other needs, such as the Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) and the Address Resolution Protocol (ARP). At the transport layer is the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and User Datagram Protocol (UDP). Finally, the application layer includes many familiar protocols, including the standard Web protocol, HTTP, and the e-mail protocol, Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)."

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Posted Aug 14, 2007 9:29 UTC (Tue) by lacostej (guest, #2760) [Link] (2 responses)

Try
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-linux-n...

instead

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Posted Aug 14, 2007 13:11 UTC (Tue) by jake (editor, #205) [Link] (1 responses)

hmmm, the link works fine for me, from various browsers, rss readers, etc.

what browser? anyone else having problems?

jake

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Posted Aug 14, 2007 13:21 UTC (Tue) by lacostej (guest, #2760) [Link]

seems to work now. This morning I had a failure message from IBM saying that the page didn't exist.

For all it takes, browser/os combination is:

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.6) Gecko/20070725 Firefox/2.0.0.6