TYPES OF PROTOCOLS

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TCP AND UDP


TCP UDP
1. TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL. 1. USER DATA PROGRAM PROTOCOL.
2. CONNECTION ORIENTED PROTOCOL. 2. CONNECTION LESS PROTOCOL.
3. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT REPORT. 3. NO ACKNOWLEDGEMENT REPORT.
4. SLOWER. 4. FASTER.
5. PORT NO : - 6. 5. PORT NO : - 17.
6. EX : - HTTP , FTP , SMTP , NNTP , POP3. 6. DNS , DHCP , TFTP.





TYPES OF PROTOCOLS

1. APPLICATION PROTOCOL.

2. AUTHENTICATION PROTOCOL.

3. COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL.

4. ROUTING PROTOCOL.

5. ROUTABLE PROTOCOL.

6. NON – ROUTABLE PROTOCOL.

7. TRANSPORT PROTOCOL.

8. WAN PROTOCOL.


1. APPLICATION PROTOCOL : APPLICATION PROTOCOLS ARE USED FOR : -

A. WEB – PAGES. EX : - HTTP ( HYPER TEXT TRANSFER FILE ).

B. FOR DOWNLOADING AND UPLOADING. EX : - FTP ( FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOL ).

C. FOR SENDING MAILS. EX : - NNTP ( NETWORK NEWS TRANSFER PROTOCOL ).


2. AUTHENTICATION PROTOCOL : WHICH IS HAVING THE AUTHORITY TO LOGIN THE
COMPUTER.

EXAMPLE : -

A. NTLM ( NEW TECHNOLOGY LAN MANAGER ) : USED FOR WINDOWS 9X
FAMILY AND WINNT }.

B. KERBEROS VERSION 5 : USED FOR WIN - 2K FAMILY AND WIN – 2K3 FAMILY.

C. PAP : PASSWORD AUTHENTICATION PROTOCOL.

D. SPAP : SHIVA PASSWORD AUTHENTICATION PROTOCOL.

E. CHAP : CHALLENGE HAND SHAKE AUTHENTICATION PROTOCOL.

F. MS-CHAP : MICROSOFT CHALLENGE HAND SHAKE AUTHENTICATION PROTOCOL.

3. COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL : IT WILL ALLOW TO COMMUNICATE ONE
COMPUTER TO ANOTHER COMPUTER.


A. TCP/IP ( TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL / INTERNET PROTOCOL ) : IT IS

SUPPORTED BY ALL OPERATING SYSTEMS AND IT IS ALSO CALLED AS OPEN

PROTOCOL.


B. IPX/SPX ( INTER-NETWORKING POCKET EX-CHANGE / SEQUENCIAL PACKET

EX-CHANGE : IT SUPPORTS NOVELL NET-WARE OPERATING SYSTEMS.


C. NET BEUI ( NET BIOS EN-HANCED USER INTER-FACE ) : IT WILL ALLOW TO

COMMUNICATE ALL WINDOWS BASED OPERATING SYSTEMS.


D. APPLE TALK : IT WILL SUPPOERT APPLE MACHINTOSH OPERATING SYSTEMS.


4. ROUTING PROTOCOL : IT WILL ALLOW TO MAINTAIN ROUTING TABLES FOR EVERY
NETWORK.

1. RIP : ROUTING INFORMATION PROTOCOL.

2. IGRP : INTERIER GATE-WAY ROUTING PROTOCOL.

3. EIGRP : EN-HANCED INTERIER GATE-WAY ROUTING PROTOCOL.

4. OSPF : OPEN SHORTEST PATH FIRST.


5. ROUTABLE PROTOCOL : IT WILL ALLOW TO COMMUNICATE ONE NETWORK TO
ANOTHER NETWORK.

EX : - IP, IPX, APPLE TALK.

6. NON-ROUTABLE PROTOCOL : IT WILL ALLOW TO SEND THE PACKETS WITH IN
THE NETWORK.

EX : - NET BEUI.

7. TRANSPORT PROTOCOL : IT WILL ALLOW TO TRANSFER INFORMATION FROM ONE
COMPUTER TO ANOTHER COMPUTER.

EX : - TCP, UDP, SPX.


8. WAN PROTOCOL : IT WILL ALLOW TO COMMUNICATE ONE WIDE AREA NETWORK
TO ANOTHER WIDE AREA NETWORK.

EXAMPLES : -

1. HDLC : HIGH LEVEL DATA LINK CONTROL, USED FOR CISCO ROTERS.

2. SDLC : SEQUENTIAL DATA LINK CONTROL, USED FOR IBM ROUTERS.

3. PPP : POINT TO POINT PROTOCOL.

4. SLIP : SYNCROUNS LINE INTERNET PROTOCOL.

5. ATM : ASYNCROUNS TRANSFER MODE.

6. DHCP RELAY AGENT.