IP Protocol Suite

Author: Guo Shiqiu
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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: With the rapid development of network technology, the Internet is becoming increasingly prevalent in business, enterprises, schools, and families, leading to a surge in the demand for network technicians, and this trend will continue to grow. Tailored to the characteristics of this audience, this book meticulously analyzes and explains various technical issues of the IP protocol through specific examples, charts, and source code. The book focuses on the IP protocol and ICMP protocol, comprehensively introducing the rules and concepts of the IP protocol suite, gradually guiding readers into the world of BSD operating systems. Readers will gain a unique perspective on the TCP/IP protocol stack from this book. This book is suitable for network professionals, network designers, or those aspiring to engage in network research. The TTL value has a particularly special use: if a host wants the data packets it sends to be transmitted only within its local area network, it can set this value to 1. When the data packet reaches a router, the TTL value decreases to 0, and the router discards the data packet, preventing it from leaving the host's local area network.