port question

[Vu Pham]

On 08/26/2009 11:22 AM, Tony Alfrey wrote:
> 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?

I believe TCP/IP is a standard, at least defined by RFC1122 by IETF. 
Perhaps Michael just hates it :)

Vu