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Ethernet and IP are simple. But TCP is super complex to me with all the state management and buffers and sliding windows. It works well but I find it terribly d

Ethernet and IP are simple. But TCP is super complex to me with all the state management and buffers and sliding windows. It works well but I find it terribly daunting to dig into (I've tried a few times, and still aim to succeed sometime).

renox 5y ago
Ethernet was simple, with VLAN.. it isn't so simple anymore..
- eatonphil 5y ago
  I mean ethernet, the protocol. It just wraps packets with some headers and a checksum. Are you saying it gets more complex than that? (I haven't dug into ethernet much more deeply than I describe).