Category Networks

Transport OSI Layer Protocols

This post summarizes transport layer protocols. List of Transport Layer Protocols Transport Layer Protocols: TCP and UDP are the main transport protocols of the TCP/IP framework. You can find a list of popular TCP and UDP ports on this post.…

Network Routing Protocols

This post summarizes gateway protocols or routing protocols on computer networks. All of them are within OSI layer 3. List of Network Routing Protocols Overall list of network routing protocols: The two main categories of network routing protocols are: Interior…

Directory Services

This post summarizes some standards and implementations of Directory Services. List of Directory Services X.500 X.500 is a set of standards related to directory services. One of them is Directory Access Protocol (DAP). It is based on OSI (Open Systems…

Domain Name System

This post explains briefly what is a domain name system (DNS). Device Network Identifier Devices in a network are identified based on a different identifiers: This post explains how domain names are used using the domain name system (DNS). In…

Anonymity Networks

This post lists some anonymity networks: Tor / Onionland Freenet I2P ZeroNet Tor / Onionland Tor network is sometimes known colloquially as “onionland” because of the onion routing technology it uses. Official website Freenet Official website I2P Official website ZeroNet…

List of VPN Protocols

This post summarizes the most common Virtual Private Network (VPN) protocols. VPN Protocols VPN (Virtual Private Network) protocols: RADIUS AAA protocol can also establish a VPN. PPTP Deprecated Point to Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) is a legacy solution, and it…