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Familiar Protocols

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TCP/IP plays a dual role in internet communications, in that I mean TCP/IP are two
different protocols that play their own part in internet communications. First the TCP
(Transmission Control Protocol) is considered the higher layer protocol that manages the
assembling of messages or files in order to transfer the packets over the internet and then
reassemble the message back to its original state when it reaches its destination. The IP (Internet
Protocol) also considered the lower layer and is basically the protocol that is responsible for
ensuring that the packet/s reaches the correct destination (Rouse, SearchNetworking: Definition TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol), 2008).
The IP data transfer over the internet role is to carry a data load with an IP header broken
down into bits in order to be transmitted over the network, once the bits arrive at its destination
the bits are reassembled into the original packet or file (Unuth, 2012).
DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) is designed to allow IT network
administrators to manage IP addressing from a central location by assigning IP addresses by an
automated process rather than having to manually enter them into each device that requires one.
This process makes it much easier for IT administrators to distribute IP addresses (Rouse, 2008).
The DNS (Domain Name System) role is critical for resolving internet host names into IP
addresses and IP addresses back into host names because humans are not going to remember all
IP addresses for every website on the internet so DNS helps with the common names used for
websites that everyone is familiar with (Davidowicz, 1991).
The role that SSH (Secure Shell) plays in data exchange is that both ends of the
connection, client/server, are protected by using an authenticated digital certificates, also
encrypted passwords are used (Rouse, 2005).

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References
Works Cited

Davidowicz, D. (1991). DNSSEC. Retrieved from Compsec101.antibozo.net:

http://compsec101.antibozo.net/papers/dnssec/dnssec.html
Rouse, M. (2005, July). SearchSecurity: Definition Secure Shell (SSH). Retrieved Dec 15, 2013,
from TechTarget.com: http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/definition/Secure-Shell
Rouse, M. (2008, Oct). SearchNetworking: Definition - TCP/IP (Transmission Control
Protocol/Internet Protocol). Retrieved from TechTarget.com:
http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/definition/TCP-IP
Rouse, M. (2008, March). SearchUnifiedCommunications: Definition - DHCP. Retrieved from
TechTarget.com: http://searchunifiedcommunications.techtarget.com/definition/DHCP
Unuth, N. (2012). IP - The Internet Protocol. Retrieved from About.com:
http://voip.about.com/od/voipbasics/a/IP.htm