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Information on network protocols from a chapter of the book "Network Protocols Handbook," Fourth Edition is presented. The Bandwidth Allocation Protocol (BAP) defines datagrams to coordinate adding and removing individual links in a multi-link bundle. Developed by Cisco Systems, the Director Response Protocol (DRP) refers to a simple User Datagram Protocol (UDP)-based application. Gateway-to-Gateway Protocol (GGP) specifies how core routers should exchange reachability and routing information.

The article offers a description of the Cisco Virtual Local Area Networks (VLAN) Trunking Protocol (VTP) from the book "Network Protocols Handbook," Fourth Edition. VTP is defined as a Cisco Layer 2 messaging protocol that functions in the addition, deletion, and renaming of VLANs on a network-wide basis. The Summary Advert Packet Format and the Subset Advert Packet Format are also included.

A chapter of the book "Network Protocols Handbook" is presented. It describes the Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) Adaptation Layer (AAL), which relays the ATM cells between ATM Layer and higher layers by segmenting the data into ATM cells. It outlines the service classes and the corresponding types of AAL. The structure of the protocol is explained.

A chapter of the book "Network Protocols Handbook" is presented. It describes the Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM), which comprises a protocol suite under ATM reference model establishing a mechanism to carry all traffic on a stream of fixed 53-byte packets. It describes the planes and layers of the ATM reference model, the main protocols in the ATM stack in the user plane, and the structure of the protocol.

Information on Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) from "Network Protocols Handbook" fourth edition is presented. IPv6 is based on IPv4. It refers to a network-layer protocol that contains addressing information and some control information enabling packets to be routed in the computer network. It presents a comparison of the key characters of IPv6 and IPv4. It also describes the protocol structure of IPv6.

Information on the Advanced Program to Program Communications (APPC) protocol from the book "Network Protocols Handbook," Fourth Edition, is presented. The APPC, originally developed by International Business Machines (IBM) as a remote transaction processing tool between Logic Units (LUs), is a programming interface standard that allows interconnected systems to communicate and share the processing of programs. In addition, user-written programs are allowed by the APPC software to perform transactions in a Client-Server network.

Information on File Transfer Protocol (FTP), from a chapter of the book "Network Protocols Handbook," 4th edition, is presented. FTP, which uses file sharing between hosts, uses Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) to create a virtual connection for control information and then creates a separate TCP connection for data transfers. An overview of the enhancements made on the FTP to make the file transfer more secure is offered. An illustration of the protocol structure is included.

Information on Flow Attribute Notification Protocol (FANP) from a chapter of the book "Network Protocols Handbook," Fourth Edition is presented. FANP refers to a protocol between neighbor modes which manages cut-through packet forwarding functionalities. By using the protocol, routers such as the Cell Switch Router (SCR) can forward incoming packets based on their datalink-level connection identifiers, bypassing usual IP packet processing. The FANP structure is illustrated.

Information on Internet Datagram Protocol (IDP) from a chapter of the book "Network Protocols Handbook," Fourth Edition is presented. IDP is used to support the SOCK_DGRAM abstraction for the Internet Protocol (IP) family. It is noted that IDP address formats are identical to those used by the Sequenced Packet Protocol (SPP). An overview of socket options for IDP is provided.

Information on the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) from a chapter of the book "Network Protocols Handbook," Fourth Edition is presented. It refers to a lightweight and simple XML-based protocol that is designed to exchange structured and typed information on the Web. SOAP can be used in combination with a variety of existing Internet protocols and formats, and can support a wide range of applications from messaging systems to remote procedure calls (RPCs). The structure of SOAP is illustrated.

Information on the Signaling System # 7 (SS7) from the book "Network Protocols Handbook," Fourth Edition, is presented. SS7 is a telecommunications protocol suite used by telephone companies for interoffice signalling. SS7, which uses common-channel signalling (CCS) techniques, is known as CCS7 or C7 outside North America, and SS7 and C7 are often combined together as SS7/C7 for worldwide audience.

Information on the DECnet protocol suite from the book "Network Protocols Handbook," Fourth Edition, is presented. Developed and supported by Digital Equipment Corp. (DEC), DECnet has several versions that have been released. The original DECnet has allowed the communication between two directly attached minicomputers, while subsequent releases expanded the DECnet functionality by adding support for additional proprietary and standard protocols.

Information on the AppleTalk multi-layered protocol suite from the book "Network Protocols Handbook," Fourth Edition, is presented. AppleTalk, from Apple Computers, provides internetwork routing, transaction and data stream service, naming service and comprehensive file and print sharing among Apple Systems. It is noted that up to 32 devices can be supported by an AppleTalk network.

Information on the Synchronous Data Link Control (SDLC) from the book "Network Protocols Handbook," Fourth Edition, is presented. SDLC, an International Business Machines (IBM) data link layer protocol for use in the Systems Network Architecture (SNA) environment, identifies the primary and secondary types of network nodes. The communication network via the SDLC protocol allows the data link control Layer to provide the error-free movement of data between the Network Addressable Units (NAUs).

Information on the Qualified Logic Link Control (QLLC) from the book "Network Protocols Handbook," Fourth Edition, is presented. QLLC, a data-link-layer protocol defined by International Business Machines (IBM), allows Systems Network Architecture (SNA) data to be transported across X.25 networks. The commands of QLLC are implemented with the use of the Q-bit.

Information on the Data-Link Switching protocol (DLSw) from the book "Network Protocols Handbook," Fourth Edition, is presented. DLSw, originally a proprietary International Business Machines (IBM), provides forward mechanism for transporting IBM Systems Network Architecture (SNA) and network basic input/output system (NetBIOS) traffic over an Internet Protocol (IP) network. The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) has adopted the DLSw as a standard.

Information on the 10-Gigabit Ethernet protocol from the book "Network Protocols Handbook," Fourth Edition, is presented. It offers data speeds of up to 10 billion bits per second. It is used to interconnect local area networks (LANs), wide area networks (WANs), and metropolitan area networks (MANs). The specifications of this Ethernet provide support to extend the 802.3 protocol and MAC specification to an operating speed of 10 gigabit/second (gb/s).

Information on the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol from the book "Network Protocols Handbook," Fourth Edition, is presented. The SMB protocol, which is a protocol from International Business Machines (IBM) that is used for sharing files, printers and serial ports between computers, can be used over the Internet on top of the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) or other network protocols. It is noted that the SMB protocol defines the share and user levels of security.

Information on the NetWare Link Services Protocol (NLSP) from the book "Network Protocols Handbook," Fourth Edition, is presented. The NLSP, which is a link-state routing protocol in the Novell NetWare architecture, is based on the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System (IS-IS) protocol. The NLSP, compared with Routing Information Protocol (RIP) and Service Advertisement Protocol (SAP), provides improved routing and better scalability.

Information on the Novell Netware Core Protocol (NCP) from the book "Network Protocols Handbook," Fourth Edition, is presented. The NCP, which manages access tot he primary NetWare server resources, makes procedure calls to the NetWare File Sharing Protocol (NFSP) that services requests for NetWare file and print resources. It is noted that the underlying Internetwork Packet Exchange Layer Services (IPX) is utilized by the NCP.

The article offers a description of the Internetwork Packet Exchange (IPX) protocol from the book "Network Protocols Handbook," Fourth Edition. IPX is defined as a datagram protocol that functions in connectionless communications similar to Internet Protocol (IP) in the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and IP suite. IPX employs the services of a dynamic distance vector routing protocol such as Routing Information Protocol (RIP) or NetWare Link-State Protocol (NLSP).

The article introduces a series of articles about computer network protocols in the Novell NetWare suite in the book "Network Protocols Handbook," Fourth Edition. These protocols include the Internetwork Packet Exchange (IPX) protocol, the Sequenced Packet Exchange (SPX) protocol, the Network Core Protocol (NCP), the Network Basic Input/Output System (NetBIOS), and the NetWare application services such as NetWare Loadable Modules (NLMs) and NetWare Massage Handling Service (NetWare MHS).

The article offers a description of the Cisco Terminal Access Controller Access Control System (TACACS) from the book "Network Protocols Handbook," Fourth Edition. TACACS functions on providing access control for routers, network access servers, and other networked computing devices through one or more centralized servers. TACACS makes clients accept a username and password and send a query to a TACACS authentication server.

The article offers a description of the Cisco Router Port Group Management Protocol (RGMP) from the book "Network Protocols Handbook," Fourth Edition. RGMP addresses the limitations of Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) in its Snooping mechanism. RGMP also puts restriction on multicast traffic to router ports.

The article offers a description of the Cisco Network Traffic Monitoring and Management Protocol (NetFlow) from the book "Network Protocols Handbook," Fourth Edition. NetFlow deals with providing statistics on packets flowing through the routing devices in the network. Other functions of NetFlow involve identifying the packet flows for both ingress and engress Internet protocol (IP) packets and performing capture and export independently on each internetworking device.

A section from the book "Network Protocol Handbook" is presented. It provides information on the OSI Transport Layer Protocol (ISO-TP). The five transport layer protocols in the ISO-TP are discussed. It also highlights the difference between Transport Protocol Class 4 and Transmission Control Protocol. The ten types of ISO-TP structure are noted.

A section from the book "Network Protocol Handbook" is presented. It provides information on the OSI Session Protocol. The functions in the Session Layer are discussed. A chart that lists the ISO Session Layer Protocol messages is presented.

A section from the book "Network Protocol Handbook" is presented. It provides information on the OSI presentation layer protocol. The two functions of the Presentation Layer on behalf of PS users are noted. A chart of the major presentation primitives of the OSI presentation layer protocol is given.

A section from the book "Network Protocol Handbook" is presented. It offers information on X.400 Message Handling Service protocol for email transmission. Similarities and differences between X.400 and Simple Mail Transfer Protocol are discussed. It provides a list of the complete set of attributes of X.400.

A section from the book "Network Protocol Handbook" is presented. It provides information on a protocol, called the ISO Remote Operations Service Element Protocol (ROSE). The reason why the reception of a ROSE service primitive and the generation of dependent actions are considered individual. Lists of ROSE services, as well as incoming and outgoing messages are presented.

A section from the book "Network Protocol Handbook" is presented. It offers information on Common Management Information Protocol (CMIP) and its function. A diagram that shows the network management system based on the CMIP and Common Management Information Services is presented. It enumerates the major advantages of CMIP over Simple Network Management Protocol.

Information about the ISO Association Control Service Element (ACSE) from a section of the book "Network Protocols Handbook" Fourth Edition is presented. It is an application layer protocol in the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model designed to establish and release an application-association between two AEIs and to determine the application context of that association. It cites the two modes of communication supported by the ACSE. It outlines the structure of the protocol.

Information about Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model from a section of the book "Network Protocols Handbook" Fourth Edition is presented. It is a reference model developed by International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in 1984, as a conceptual framework of standards for communication in the network across different equipment and applications by different vendors.

Information about Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) from a section of the book "Network Protocols Handbook" Fourth Edition is presented. It is a parallel interface standard used by Apple Macintosh computers, personal computers and many Uniplexed Information and Computing System (UNIX) systems for attaching peripheral devices to computers. It cites the variations of SCSI. It outlines the structure of SCSI.

Information about Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP) from a section of the book "Network Protocols Handbook" Fourth Edition is presented. It is an open protocol for enterprise-wide network-based data management and defines a network-based mechanism and protocol for controlling backup, recovery, and other transfers of data between primary and secondary storage. It cites the three types of NDMP services. It outlines the structure of the NDMP.

Information about Internet Storage Name Service (iSNS) from a section of the book "Network Protocols Handbook" Fourth Edition is presented. It facilitates scalable configuration and management of Internet Small Computer Systems Interface (iSCSI) and Fibre Channel storage devices in an Internet Protocol network, by providing a set of services comparable to that available in Fibre Channel networks. It cites the four main functions and key Architectural Components of the iSNS.

Information about Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) from a section of the book "Network Protocols Handbook" Fourth Edition is presented. It is a Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)-based protocol for establishing and managing connections between IP-based storage devices, hosts and clients, creating a Storage Area Network (SAN). It cites the four components of the iSCSI. It outlines the structure of iSCSI Protocol Data Unit (PDU).

Information about Internet Fibre Channel Protocol (iFCP) from a section of the book "Network Protocols Handbook" Fourth Edition is presented. It is a gateway-to-gateway protocol, which provides fibre channel fabric services to fibre channel devices over a Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) network. It cites the types of traffic process by the iFCP layer. It outlines the structure of the Fibre Channel Frame Encapsulation Header Structure.

Information about Fibre Channel Over Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) (FCIP) from a section of the book "Network Protocols Handbook" Fourth Edition is presented. It is a mechanism that allow the interconnection of islands of Fibre Channel storage area networks over IP-based networks to form a unified storage area network in a single Fibre Channel fabric. It describes the primary function of an FCIP Entity. It outlines the Fibre Channel Frame Encapsulation Header Structure.

Information about Fibre Channel Standards (FCS) from a section of the book "Network Protocols Handbook" Fourth Edition is presented. It is a high-speed data transfer mechanism that can be used to connect workstations, mainframes, supercomputers, storage devices and displays. It cites the key Fibre Channel characteristics. It outlines the structure of Fibre Channel frames.

Information about Switched Multimegabit Data Service (SMDS) from a section of the book "Network Protocols Handbook" Fourth Edition is presented. It is a broadband networking technology developed by Bellcore based on the IEEE 802.6 Distributed Queue Dual Bus (DQDB) technology. It describes the SMDS Interface Protocol (SIP). It outlines the structure of the SIP Level 3 Protocol Data Unit (PDU).

Information on the Wireless Personal Area Network Communication (WPAN) protocol from the book "Network Protocols Handbook," Fourth Edition. It refers to a small area network using wireless technologies as physical connections. Its reach is typically within a few meters. Bluetooth, ZigBee and Ultra-wideband (UWB) as some of the technologies enabling WPAN. The most notable organization to define WPAN is the IEEE 802.15 Working Group.

Information on the IEEE 802.11i Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) Security Standard from the book "Network Protocols Handbook," Fourth Edition, is presented. It is designed to provide secured communication of wireless LAN as defined by all the IEE 802.11 specifications. The key components of the protocol are discussed, including Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) and Counter-Mode/CBC-MAC Protocol (CCMP). It cites several related protocols.

Information on the Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) by IEEE 802.11 protocols from the book "Network Protocols Handbook," Fourth Edition, is presented. There are five specifications for the WLAN, including 802.11a and 802.11b. A description of the protocol structure is given. It cites several related protocols.

Information on Ethernet Protocol Gigabit (1000 megabits per second (Mbps)) from the book "Network Protocols Handbook," Fourth Edition, is presented. It is based on the Ethernet protocol but has tenfold speed increase over Fast Ethernet and is published as the IEEE 802.3z and 802.3ab supplements to the IEEE 802.3 base standards. The structure of the protocol is described.

A section of the "Network Protocols Handbook," is presented which discusses the functions of the Frame Relay. It is a WAN protocol fo LAN Internetworking which operates at the physical and data link layer to provide a fast and efficient method of transmitting information to another. It is based on packet-switched technologies similar to x.25. It also enables end stations to share network medium and available bandwidth.

A section of the "Network Protocols Handbook," is presented. It offers information on PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE) which provides the ability to connect a network of hosts over a simple bridging access device to a remote Access Concentrator. This also has two distinct stages, the discovery and session stages. The protocol structure for PPPoE is also discussed.

A section of the "Network Protocols Handbook," which offers information on PPP Over ATM AAL5 (PPPoA) protocol. This is said to be designed to provide virtual connections between the end stations attached to the same network. It also stresses that the virtual connection in this protocol must be full-duplex and point to point.

A section of the "Network Protocols Handbook," is presented. It offers information on Packet Over SONET/SDH (PoS), which refers to the scheme of using the PPP encapsulation to map Internet Protocol datagrams to the SONET/SDH frame payload. It also states that PoS provides a mechanism to carry packets directly within the SONET/SDH using a small amount of the High-Level Data Link Control (HDLC) or PPP framing.

A section of the "Network Protocols Handbook," is presented. It offers information on the Password Authentication Protocol (PAP), a Link Control Protocol in the PPP suite. It is said to provide a method for the peer to establish its identity using a two-way handshake. It also stresses that this method is used where a plaintext password must be available to stimulate a login at a remote host.