Ethernet, IPv4, TCP, and HTTP; what functions do each provide, how is each coupled to its neighbor, and what are the viable alternatives in the design spaces of each?
Part of the OSI layering model was I think meant to get people's brains wrapped around the dynamics of packet switching networks, which were once a novelty and are now just part of the air we breathe.
Part of the OSI layering model was I think meant to get people's brains wrapped around the dynamics of packet switching networks, which were once a novelty and are now just part of the air we breathe.
Then, read:
https://web.mit.edu/Saltzer/www/publications/endtoend/endtoe...