- Routing Information Protocol by Dictionary of Computing
1. (networking) (RIP) A distance vector, as opposed to link state, routing protocol. RIP is an Internet standard Interior Gateway Protocol defined in STD 34, RFC 1058 and updated by RFC 1388. See also Open Shortest Path First. 2. (networking) (RIP) A companion protocol to IPX for exchange of routing information in a Novell network. RIP has been partly superseded by NLSP. It is ...
- Transmission Control Protocol by Dictionary of Computing
... seen in the combination TCP/IP (TCP over IP). It adds reliable communication and flow-control and provides full-duplex, process-to-process connections. TCP is defined in STD 7 and RFC 793. User Datagram Protocol is the other, connectionless, protocol that runs on top of IP.
- Internet Protocol version 6 by Dictionary of Computing
... based on the TUBA protocol (RFC 1347, 1526, 1561) which is itself based on the OSI Connectionless Network Protocol (CNLP). Another is TP/IX (RFC 1475) which changes TCP and UDP headers to give a 64-bit IP address, a 32-bit port number, and a 64 bit sequence number. RFC 1550 is a white paper on IPng. IPv6. Org. ["Doubts About IPng could create TCP/IP chaos" ...
- Transport Layer Security protocol by Dictionary of Computing
... , protocol) (TLS) A protocol designed to allow client/server applications to communicate over the Internet without eavesdropping, tampering, or message forgery. TLS is defined in RFC 2246.
- Upper Layer Protocol by Dictionary of Computing
(protocol) 1. (ULP, or upper-layer protocol) Any protocol residing in OSI layers five or above. The...