Tech Info - Protocols

A ragbag of information on various protocols - depends of what we need or what takes our fancy.... We keep the wireless stuff separate.

LAN	802.3 family frame formats VLAN etc.
TCP/IP	Frame formats, IPv4 only, for IP, TCP, UDP and ICMP on a single page.
DNS	DNS for Rocket Scientists open guide.
LDAP	LDAP for Rocket Scientists open guide.
IPv4	IPv4 Netmasks, sub-nets, CIDR and all that mind-numbing stuff.
IPv6	Well its about time we got a handle on Ipv6 ... used to be called IPng a long time ago!
VoIP	Simple performance (packet and data rate) comparison of various VoIP encoding standards
ISDN	ISDN Signaling standards e.g. Q.921, 931 etc. Information Elements, Message Types etc.
SSL/TLS/X.509	If you have to lie down every time you hear the words SSL or TLS or X.509 then this stuff will keep you prone for some time. To make things worse it also contains links to backgrounders on sysmmetric and asymmetric encryption, message digests, digital signatures and MACs as well as other gruesome stuff. Really Horrible.
SS7	Signaling System No.7 and an introduction to the exotic world (and alphabet soup) of SCP, STP and SSPs.
SIGTRAN	Signaling System No.7 in the IP world with more alphabet soup (M2PA, SUA etc.) and the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP).
ITU-T Multi-Media	Includes H.323 and associated standards (lots and lots of 'em)
MGCP (MEGACO)	MGCP (Multi-media Gateway Control Protocol) and related standards
SIP	Session Initiation Protocol and related stuff

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