TCP ( Transmission Control Protocol and Transport Control Protocol) Definition

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ALSO CALLED: Transmission Control Protocol and Transport Control Protocol
DEFINITION: TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) is a set of rules (protocol) used along with the Internet Protocol (IP) to send data in the form of message units between computers over the Internet.While IP takes care of handling the actual delivery of the data, TCP takes care of keeping track of the individual units of data (called packets) that a message is divided into …
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Recent Vendor Reports on TCP
Comparing iSCSI Initiator Implementations sponsored by Dell \| EqualLogic WHITE PAPER: Posted: 09 May 2008 \| Published: 09 May 2008 SUMMARY: With the advent of iSCSI as the standard for networked storage, businesses can leverage existing skills and network infrastructure to create Ethernet-based SANs that deliver the performance of Fibre Channel-but at a fraction of the cost. TOPICS: iSCSI SAN \| TCP

Bandwidth Management for Peer-to-Peer Applications sponsored by F5 Networks WHITE PAPER: Posted: 28 Apr 2008 \| Published: 01 Jan 2006 SUMMARY: With the increasing proliferation of broadband, more and more users are using Peer-to-Peer (P2P) protocols to share very large files. This trend has exponentially increased traffic flows across a very wide area network. This paper describes... TOPICS: Network Security \| Peer-to-Peer Networking \| TCP

TLS Solves $100 Billion Dollar Riddle sponsored by Fast Lane WHITE PAPER: Posted: 03 Apr 2008 \| Published: 03 Apr 2008 SUMMARY: The TLS protocol provides confidentiality, integrity, and source authentication for data. TOPICS: Cryptography \| MAC \| Security \| SSL \| TCP

Best Practices for Deploying WAN Optimization in a DR Environment WC sponsored by Silver Peak PODCAST: Posted: 02 Apr 2008 \| Premiered: 01 Apr 2008 SUMMARY: Replication involves a high volume of sustained traffic which is highly susceptible to lost and out-of-order packets. TOPICS: Best Practices \| Data Replication \| TCP \| UDP \| WAN

Cisco Systems Integrates WAN Optimization into Your Existing Network Infrastructure sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Posted: 02 Apr 2008 \| Published: 20 Jul 2007 SUMMARY: Cisco Systems' Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) technology is a Strong Performer and placed just outside the Leaders category. TOPICS: Network Infrastructure \| Quality of Service \| Routing \| Security \| TCP \| WAN

Protect Remote-office Data sponsored by Storage Magazine JOURNAL ARTICLE: Posted: 15 Jan 2007 \| Published: 01 Jan 2007 SUMMARY: It's best to store remote-office data and host remote-office applications in the central data center. Various products can eliminate TCP/IP transmission issues that might hinder those moves. TOPICS: Continuous Data Protection \| Data Replication \| Disk Backups \| Network Performance \| Remote Access Security \| Remote Backups \| Remote Offices \| ROBO \| TCP \| WAN

TCP DEFINITION (continued): … for efficient routing through the Internet.

For example, when an HTML file is sent to you from a Web server, the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) program layer in that server divides the file into one or more packets, numbers the packets, and then forwards them individually to the IP program layer. Although each packet has the same destination IP address, it may get routed differently through the network. At the other end (the client program in your computer), TCP reassembles the individual packets and waits until they have arrived to forward them …
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