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Ports are tied to the protocol. IP layer doesn’t have ports (it’s in the name).
by withinboredom 2y ago
Ports are tied to the protocol. IP layer doesn’t have ports (it’s in the name).
- pta2002 2y agoI've been trying for a few minutes to figure out what you mean by "it's in the name"... What about Internet Protocol implies that ports are not an inherent property of it? All I can think of is that an "IP address" does not have a port component and that's all that IP deals with.
- withinboredom 2y agoyep. That is exactly it. The IP layer is specifically a map with destination ip address and source ip address. The port is not included.
- unethical_ban 2y agoIt's not like "Ports" are in the name of UDP or TCP, either.