port question

[Tony Alfrey]

Michael Hipp wrote:
> Tony Alfrey wrote:

>> Wow!  Pictures!  I love it!
> 
> Bah. Humbug.
> 
> At one time I knew a bit about the OSI stack. With the shifting winds it 
> became obvious we should also learn about the TCP/IP stack. Except it's 
> not. TCP/IP isn't a "stack", it's a "pile". Take a wheelbarrow full of 
> bricks and dump it in the middle of the yard. There's your picture.
> 
> These gross textbookish oversimplifications don't begin to illustrate 
> the, ahem, "wide diversity of choices" available in the TCP/IP protocol 
> pile.
> 
> Now, back to sleep.
> 

Is there not a standard?  If they aren't all the same, how do they talk 
to each other?


-- 
Tony Alfrey
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"I'd Rather Be Sailing"