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12 myths about how the Internet works
- thwarted 18y ago8. New transport-layer protocols will work across the Internet. -- IP was designed to support new transport protocols underneath it, but increasingly this isn't true, Thaler says. Most NATs and firewalls only allow Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and User Datagram Protocol (UDP) for transporting packets. Newer Web-based applications only operate over Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP). Huh? This is a terrible example, since HTTP is on top of TCP. Also, isn't IP usually represented/considered as "the bottom" with TCP, HTTP, Comet, etc (to name a few) layered ON TOP of it?
- axod 18y agoHalf of these are obvious, also some are inaccurate. Sloppy.