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Network Protocol Breakdown: Ethernet and Go ยท Matt Layher
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Internet 101: TCP
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| | [AI summary] This article provides a technical overview of the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), explaining how it ensures reliable data transfer over an unreliable network using concepts like ports, sequence numbers, acknowledgments, and connection handshakes.
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LocalTalk over UDP - Windswept Information Technology
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| | This post describes a simple way of embedding Apple LLAP (LocalTalk Link Access Protocol) packets inside UDP, which enables a "virtual" LocalTalk network to be created on top of an existing IP LAN. Why? To provide reasonably plug-and-play networking for Mini vMac that doesn't need root privileges, that is easily portable between OSes, and that...
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On writing a network stack (1/2) | William Durand
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| | I am writing a minimum viable network stack from scratch for ArvernOS (a UNIX-like toy kernel). This two-part story describes some protocols of the TCP/IP stack as well as some implementation details in the context of ArvernOS.
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Packet School 201 - Part 1 (ARP) | Chris Sanders
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| [AI summary] This educational article explains the Address Resolution Protocol (ARP), detailing its role in translating IP addresses to MAC addresses, its operation using packet captures, and a limousine driver analogy.