In the world of Linux networking, protocols play a crucial role in enabling seamless communication between devices. Whether you're browsing the internet, streaming videos, or troubleshooting network ...
The current IP address scheme of 32-bit words is fast becoming inadequate. It would appear that 2 32 = 4 294 967 296 combinations of addresses should be enough for everybody, but in practice this is ...
In the last issue we started following a packet's journey from the wire up to the higher levels of network stack processing. We left the packet at the end of layer 3 processing, where IP has ...
Security practitioners for decades have advised people to limit DNS queries against their DNS servers to only use UDP port 53. The reality is that DNS queries can also use TCP port 53 if UDP port 53 ...
Data packets travel to and from numbered network ports associated with particular IP addresses and endpoints, using the TCP or UDP transport layer protocols. All ports are potentially at risk of ...
Do you remember when we used multi-protocol routing for IPX, AppleTalk, and TCP/IP running on the same network? In the 1980s and early 1990s many enterprises had multiple protocols running on the ...
Scott Reeves demonstrates the use of iperf, which provides basic information on throughput, packet loss, and jitter to help you troubleshoot UDP and TCP issues. There are a few tools available to ...
Two simple filters for wireshark to analyze TCP and UDP traffic Your email has been sent Wireshark is a protocol analyser available for download. This week’s post ...
A clever antimalware gateway can achieve zero latency by using a span/tap port to inspect Internet traffic for malware and malware references (in contrast to inline inspection). When it recognizes ...