Data Offset (a.k.a. Header Length) field (variable length) tells how many 32-bit words are contained in the TCP header. This information is needed because the Options field has variable length, so ...

To establish a connection, the source host sends the destination host a SYN (synchronized) segment , which is just a packet with the syn bit flipped in the tcp flag field header. The destination host ...

A packet diagram is a visual representation used to illustrate the structure and contents of a network packet. Network packets are the fundamental units of data transferred over a network. --- title: ...

This paper presents an Ethernet packet transformation and transmission architecture between Modbus transmission control protocol (Modbus/TCP) and universal serial bus (USB) 3.0 developed with a ...

Building on the description of packet loss above, a standard TCP link sends a constant stream of packets to the destination. Each packet contains a header with the destination IP address embedded.

Identification of operating systems in a local network is an issue for both network management and security. Network practitioners rely on some classifier tools, but those tools' rules are generated ...