Category: Network Protocols

  • Unpacking Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)

    Unpacking Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)

    Delve into the exciting world of Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), demystifying its functions, applications, and importance in today’s digitally driven era.

  • HTTPS

    HTTPS

    HTTPS is a protocol developed by Netscape for secure transmission of Web content over the Internet. HTTPS is another name for Netscape’s implementation of the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol that functions as a subprotocol to the application layer (layer 7) protocol, Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP).

  • DECnet

    DECnet

    Explore DECnet’s role in shaping network architectures, its diverse applications, and enduring influence on modern networking.

  • NWLink IPX/SPX-Compatible Transport

    NWLink IPX/SPX-Compatible Transport

    Dive into the world of NWLink IPX/SPX-Compatible Transport, exploring its significance in networking, features, and legacy impact.

  • Service Advertising Protocol (SAP)

    Service Advertising Protocol (SAP)

    Service Advertising Protocol, also known as SAP, is a Novell NetWare protocol that is used with Internetwork Packet Exchange (IPX) to enable file and print servers to advertise their availability to clients on a network.

  • Caching Array Routing Protocol (CARP)

    Caching Array Routing Protocol (CARP)

    Caching Array Routing Protocol, also known as CARP, is a protocol developed by Microsoft and implemented in Microsoft Proxy Server that allows multiple proxy servers to be arrayed as a single logical cache for distributed content caching.

  • NetWare Protocols

    NetWare Protocols

    NetWare protocols are the group of protocols developed for and specific to the Novell NetWare network operating system (NOS); popularized in NetWare versions 2 and 3. Some of the networking architecture of NetWare protocols evolved from the Xerox Network Systems (XNS) created in the late 1970s.

  • Navigating Switched Virtual Circuits: The SVC Guide

    Navigating Switched Virtual Circuits: The SVC Guide

    Switched Virtual Circuit, also known as SVC, is a form of telecommunications service that provides a path between two nodes in a packet-switched network.

  • TFTP

    TFTP

    Explore TFTP: A concise guide to Trivial File Transfer Protocol, its functions, implementations, and modern network applications.

  • User Datagram Protocol (UDP)

    User Datagram Protocol (UDP)

    User Datagram Protocol, known as UDP, is a TCP/IP transport layer protocol that supports unreliable, connectionless communication between hosts on a TCP/IP network.

  • Common Internet File System (CIFS): Network File Sharing Made Easy

    Common Internet File System (CIFS): Network File Sharing Made Easy

    Unlock the capabilities of CIFS, the protocol at the heart of network file sharing and collaboration. Dive into its functionalities, uses, and impact.

  • Server Message Block (SMB): Beyond File Sharing

    Server Message Block (SMB): Beyond File Sharing

    Server Message Block, also known as SMB, is a high-level file-sharing protocol jointly developed by Microsoft, IBM, and Intel for passing data between computers on a network.