Open AccessConsiderations on the use of a Service Identifier in Packet Headers
Author(s) -
Mike St. Johns,
Geoff Huston,
Internet Architecture Board
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
rfc
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.17487/rfc3639
Subject(s) - computer network , computer science , identifier , payload (computing) , protocol (science) , port (circuit theory) , network packet , internet protocol , service (business) , internet protocol suite , the internet , operating system , engineering , business , medicine , marketing , alternative medicine , pathology , electrical engineering
This memo describes some considerations relating to the use of IP protocol number fields and payload protocol (e.g., TCP) port fields to identify particular services that may be associated with that port number or protocol number.
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