The TCP/IP Architecture.
The table below displays the layers defined within the
TCP/IP Architecture.
| 4 |
Application Layer |
| 3 |
Transport Layer
The TCP/IP transport layer is equivalent to the transport layer in the OSI model, and contains not only the TCP service, but the UDP service too. |
| 2 |
Internet Layer |
| 1 |
Network Access Layer
Contains the network, data link and physical layers of the OSI model |
References
- TCP/IP Network Administration - Craig Hunt - O'Reilly & Associates, Inc - ISBN: 0-937175-82-X
- Getting Connected: the Internet at 56K and Up - Kevin Dowd - O'Reilly & Associates, Inc- ISBN: 1-56592-203-4
- Practical UNIX and Internet Security - Simson Garfinkel & Gene Spafford - O'Reilly & Associates, Inc - ISBN: 1-56592-148-8