Chapter 1, Developing network-based applications
TCP/IP

TCP/IP

TCP/IP is a set of communications protocols for both connection-oriented and connection-less communications that are independent of the underlying network hardware technology. 

Table 1-4 SCO TCP/IP protocols

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           Protocol          Description
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           TCP               Transmission Control Protocol
           UDP               User Datagram Protocol
           IP                Internet Protocol
           ARP               Address Resolution Protocol
           ICMP              Internet Control Message Protocol
           RIP               Routing Information Protocol
           PPP               Point to Point Protocol
           SLIP              Serial Line IP STREAMS module
           SMTP              Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
           Loopback          Loopback and test STREAMS module
           BIND              Berkeley Internet Domain name service

Applications developed with the SCO OpenServer Development System use either TLI, XTI, or sockets to communicate over TCP/IP.