In this tutorial we will discuss the concept of Ports and how they work with IP addresses. If you have not read our article on IP addresses and need a brush up, you can find the article here. If you ...

Answer by Keith Winstein on Quora, A lot of people ask this question and think in these terms, but here's a different point of view. TCP and UDP are not at the same level of abstraction and they're ...

In the world of Linux networking, protocols play a crucial role in enabling seamless communication between devices. Whether you're browsing the internet, streaming videos, or troubleshooting network ...

If you are a network engineer or a normal user, you may need to find, open or block a virtual port, such as a TCP or a UDP port for an application. Virtual ports help you manage your network hardware ...

In the last newsletter we started discussing the protocol stack used for transporting voice over IP. Today we’ll move to the control for those conversations. By the way, before we get all those e-mail ...

Security practitioners for decades have advised people to limit DNS queries against their DNS servers to only use UDP port 53. The reality is that DNS queries can also use TCP port 53 if UDP port 53 ...