Unix- TCP/IP Security (1)

• Unix network support protocols

  • Transmission Control Protocol
    • reliable and ordered
  • User Datagram Protocol
    • “connectionless”, not guaranteed but fast
  • Remote Procedure Calls
    • manages client-server communication; may implement Kerberos or Data Encryption Standard
  • External Data Representation
    • converts machine dependent data into machine independent data prior to transmission

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