TCP/IP Stack

Question 1

Application

Answer 1

Dictates how programs are going to interface with transport layer by session management. Things that operate here are HTTP, Telnet, SSH, FTP, DNS, SSL/TLS, SNMP.

Question 2

Transport

Answer 2

Defines the level of service / Status of the connection being used by TCP(Connection full), UDP(Connectionless), and RTP(Real Time).

Question 3

Internet

Answer 3

Data is taken and packaged into IP Datagrams. Examples include IP, ICMP, ARP, RARP(Reverse ARP), etc.

Question 4

Network Interface

Answer 4

Describes how to transmit bits across a network and determines how the network medium is going to be used. (Ex. What cabling? What are the interfaces used? Token ring or Serial?)