Common Network Protocols Glossary

A glossary of common network protocols.

Paula Sharick

May 31, 1997

1 Min Read
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AARP

AppleTalk Address Resolution Protocol>

ADSP

AppleTalk Data Stream Protocol

AFP

AppleTalk File Protocol

ASP

AppleTalk Session Protocol

ATP

AppleTalk Transaction Protocol

ARP_RARP

Address Resolution Protocol_Reverse Address Resolution Protocol

CBCP

CallBack Control Protocol

CCP

Compression Control Protocol

DDP

AppleTalk Datagram Delivery Protocol

DHCP

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

DNS

Domain Name System

FTP

File Transfer Protocol

HTTP

Hypertext Transfer Protocol

ICMP

Internet Control Message Protocol

IGMP

Internet Group Management Protocol

IP

Internet Protocol

IPCP

Internet Protocol Control Protocol

IPX

Internet Packet eXchange

IPXCP

Internet Packet eXchange Control Protocol

LAP

AppleTalk Link Access Protocol

LCP

Link Control Protocol

LDAP

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

LLC

Logical Link Control

NBT

NetBIOS over TCP/IP

PPP

Point-to-Point Protocol

PPPCHAP

PPP Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol

PPPML

Point-to-Point Multilink Protocol (MPPP in NT 4.0)

PPPPAP

PPP Password Authentication Protocol

PPTP

Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol

RIP

Routing Information Protocol

SMB

Server Message Block Protocol

SNAP

Subnetwork Access Protocol

SNMP

Simple Network Management Protocol

SPX

Sequential Packet Exchange Protocol

TCP

Transmission Control Protocol

UDP

User Datagram Protocol

VINES_IP

Vines Internet Protocol

VINES_TL

Vines Transport Layer Protocol (Do you believe there is actually a protocol called BONE, and that it stands forBloodhound-Oriented Network Entity?)

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