Computer networks notes

Ports & Sockets

How one machine runs many services, and what a "connection" really is. Every section is a drawn page beside a clear written explanation, about 7 minutes in all.

  • Chapter 28 of 31
  • About 7 minutes
  • 6 sections

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The first drawn page of Ports & Sockets: Ports are doors on a machine
The chapter's first page: Ports are doors on a machine

In this chapter

  • Ports are doors on a machine
  • Well-known ports
  • Port ranges
  • A socket = IP + port
  • A connection is a 4-tuple
  • Public vs private IP (recap)

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