Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) are a suite of protocols designed for large-scale internetworks that span LAN and WAN environments. TCP/IP are communication protocols that are used to handle traffic on the internet and other networks. The two most important protocols are the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and the Internet Protocol (IP). These are today the standard networking protocols and were created from a synthesis of a number of earlier developments in the 1960’s and 1970’s. TCP/IP protocols were developed in the early 1970’s by scientists Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn. They developed the TCP/IP protocols as part of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARFA) which was part of a research network that had
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First, Jon Postel, who was one of the foremost people in the development of the early internet and TCP/IP, published a series of comments on the state of TCP. Postel’s comments led to the creation of TCP/IP architecture, and the splitting of TCP into TCP at the transport layer and IP at the network layer. Then in November, 1977, a three-network TCP/IP test was conducted between sites in the US, UK, and Norway. (CITE) 1978 saw version 3 of TCP as the process of dividing TCP into two parts began. Then in 1980 the first formal standard versions (version 4) of IP and TCP were created to be used in modern networks. In 1981 the Internet Protocol (IP) was introduced and described how to implement and addressing standard and route packets between interconnected networks. BY 1982 the US Department of Defense declared TCP/IP as the standard for all military computer networking. (CITE). Then in January 1983, ARPAnet started to require the use of TCP and IP protocols as a standard for all network traffic and essential communication. It was at this point that the protocols began to be known as the TCP/IP protocol …show more content…
The protocols also include provisions that permit it to function on most lower-level forms of technology, such as LANs, wireless LANs and WANs of various sorts. This enables people to mix and match a variety of different underlying networks and connect them all using TCP/IP.
• Scalability: The TCP/IP protocols have proven to be extremely scalable over the years. As the internet has grown from a few servers to millions of hosts, the core of TCP/IP is nearly the same as it was about 25 years ago. The only changes having been made are the ones required to support the growth of the internet and are done as a part of the TCP/IP development process.
• The Open Standards and Development Process: The standards used by TCP/IP are not exclusive, but freely available to the public. Also the process used to create the TCP/IP standards are freely available to the public. TCP/IP standards and protocols were developed and have been modified using the unique, democratic “RFC” process. This process allows anyone interested in TCP/IP protocols to provide input in regards to their development and helps ensure that the protocol suite is accepted worldwide.
First, Jon Postel, who was one of the foremost people in the development of the early internet and TCP/IP, published a series of comments on the state of TCP. Postel’s comments led to the creation of TCP/IP architecture, and the splitting of TCP into TCP at the transport layer and IP at the network layer. Then in November, 1977, a three-network TCP/IP test was conducted between sites in the US, UK, and Norway. (CITE) 1978 saw version 3 of TCP as the process of dividing TCP into two parts began. Then in 1980 the first formal standard versions (version 4) of IP and TCP were created to be used in modern networks. In 1981 the Internet Protocol (IP) was introduced and described how to implement and addressing standard and route packets between interconnected networks. BY 1982 the US Department of Defense declared TCP/IP as the standard for all military computer networking. (CITE). Then in January 1983, ARPAnet started to require the use of TCP and IP protocols as a standard for all network traffic and essential communication. It was at this point that the protocols began to be known as the TCP/IP protocol …show more content…
The protocols also include provisions that permit it to function on most lower-level forms of technology, such as LANs, wireless LANs and WANs of various sorts. This enables people to mix and match a variety of different underlying networks and connect them all using TCP/IP.
• Scalability: The TCP/IP protocols have proven to be extremely scalable over the years. As the internet has grown from a few servers to millions of hosts, the core of TCP/IP is nearly the same as it was about 25 years ago. The only changes having been made are the ones required to support the growth of the internet and are done as a part of the TCP/IP development process.
• The Open Standards and Development Process: The standards used by TCP/IP are not exclusive, but freely available to the public. Also the process used to create the TCP/IP standards are freely available to the public. TCP/IP standards and protocols were developed and have been modified using the unique, democratic “RFC” process. This process allows anyone interested in TCP/IP protocols to provide input in regards to their development and helps ensure that the protocol suite is accepted worldwide.