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TCP/IP Hours 7 and 8
Teach Yourself TCP/IP Hours 7 and 8 Application Layer and Routing
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| File service | A service that fulfills a network request to read files to or from storage |
| Name Resolution Service | A service that maps user-friendly names with network addresses |
| Print services | A service that fulfills network requests to print documents |
| Redirector | A service that checks local resource requests and forwards them to the network if necessary |
| Sockets | A network API originally developed for BSD Unix that provides applications with access to TCP/IP |
| BitTorrent | A peer-to-peer file sharing protocol often used for fast download of large files on the Internet |
| Common Internet File System (CIFS) | Enhanced version of the SMB file service protocol |
| Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) | A protocol used for automatically assigning IP addresses and other network configuration parameters |
| File Transfer Protocol (FTP) | A protocol for uploading and downloading files |
| Finger | A protocol used for viewing and requesting user information |
| Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) | The communication protocol of the WWW |
| Internet Message Access Protocol (ICMP) | A protocol used to transfer email between email servers |
| Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) | A protocol used for implementing and managing directory services |
| Network File System (NFS) | A protocol that provides a remote user swith access to file resources |
| Network Time Protocol (NTP) | A protocol used for synchoronizing clocks and other time sources over a TCP/IP network |
| Post Office Protocol (POP) | A protocol used for downloading email from an mail server |
| Remote Procedure Call (RPC) | A protocol that lets a program on one computer call a subroutine or procedure on another computer |
| Server Message Block (SMB) | File and print service protocol |
| Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) | A protocol for managing network devices |
| Ipconfig | A windows utility that displays TCP/IP configuration settings |
| Ping | A utility that test network connectivity |
| ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) | A utility that lets you view and modify the ARP cache of a local or remote computer. Knows the IP address needs to find the MAC address |
| Tracert | A utility that traces the path of a datagram through the internetwork |
| Route | A utility that lets you view, add, or edit entries in a routing table |
| Netstat | A utility that displays IP, UDP, TCP, and ICMP stats |
| NBTstat | A utility that displays stats on NetBIOS and NBT |
| Hostname | A utility that returns the hostname of a lcoal host |
| TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol) | Uploads and downloads files, but uses UDP at the Transport layer |
| Telnet | A remote terminal utility |
| Rsh | A utility that invokes a shell on a remote computer to execute a command |
| Autonomous System (AS) | A network participating in a larger network that is maintained by a single entity |
| Exterior router | A router in an AS that passes routing information to another AS. |
| Interior router | A router within a AS that exchanges information with other routers in the same AS. |
| IP forwarding | `The process of passing an IP datagram from one network interface to another network interface on the same device |
| OSPF (Open Shortest Path First) | A common link state routing protocol |
| RIP (Routing Information Protocol) | A common distance vector routing protocol |
| Routing protocol | Any of several protocols used by routers to exchange routing information |
| SPT (Shortest Path Tree) | A tree-like map of the network assembled by an OSPF router |