

TCP: Transmission Control Protocol: stream based, reliable, connection oriented transfer of data UDP-Lite: Lightweight User Datagram Protocol: datagram (packet) based, unreliable, connectionless transfer of data UDP: User Datagram Protocol: datagram (packet) based, unreliable, connectionless transfer of data SCTP: datagram (packet) based, reliable, connection oriented transfer of data Network Layer ( IPsec Internet Protocol Security):ĭCCP: Datagram Congestion Control Protocol: stream based, reliable, connection oriented transfer of data RIPng: Routing Information Protocol next generationĭSR: Dynamic Source Routing (Ad-hoc protocol) ICMPv6: Internet Control Message Protocol (version 6): This is a protocol to report common errors and events in the IPv6, TCP and UDP protocols. ICMP: Internet Control Message Protocol (version 4): This is a protocol to report common errors and events in the IP, TCP and UDP protocols. IPv6: Internet Protocol (version 6): transfer IP packets from one host to another This is what the Internet is built around. IP: Internet Protocol (version 4): transfer IP packets from one host to another. SLIP: Serial Line IP: Transmission of IP datagrams over serial lines RFC 1055, obsolete

PPP-MP: The Point-to-Point Multilink Protocol Ethernet) to IP addressesĬSLIP: Compressed Serial Line IP: Compressing TCP/ IP Headers for Low-Speed Serial Links RFC 1144, obsolete The TCP/IP family consists of (at least) the following protocols:ĪRP: Address Resolution Protocol: Map IP to hardware (e.g. Specifications of all of these protocols can be found in the RFC documents.Ī simplified overview of the core TCP/IP protocols could look like this: The TCP/IP family of protocols is widely used today.
