Overview Of The Application Layer
Filed Under Application Layer, Cryptography, DNS, Internet, Network, Security | Posted on August 3, 2009
Computer networks are inherently insecure. To keep information secret, it must be encrypted. Encryption protocols fall into two general classes: secret key (e.g. DES, IDEA), and public key (e.g. RSA). Using these protocols is straight-forward; the hard part is key management.
In addition to providing secrecy, cryptographic protocols can also provide authentication. Finally, cryptography can also [...]
Overview Of The Transport Layer
Filed Under Internet, Network, Protocols, Transport Layer | Posted on August 3, 2009
The transport layer is the key to understanding layered protocols. It provides various services, the most important of which is an end-to-end, reliable, connection-oriented byte stream from sender to receiver. It is accessed through service primitives that permit the establishment, use and release of connection.
Transport protocols must be able to do connection management over unreliable [...]
Quick Tip: URLs – Uniform Resource Locator
Filed Under Definition, Internet | Posted on July 9, 2009
URLs, or Uniform Resource Locators, are the method by which documents or data are addressed in the World Wide Web. The URL contains the following information:
- the protocol.
- the DNS name of the machine on which the page is located.
- the local name uniquely indicating the specific page.
- the location of the resource in [...]
WWW – The Server Side
Filed Under Internet | Posted on July 6, 2009
For all the incoming connectionts from different clients, every website is associated with a server process listening to TCP port 80. The client sends a request after the connection is made and the server sends the reply and then the connection is released. The protocol that is responsible for requests and replies is called HTTP.
The [...]
