SG 9 - Study Notecards Flashcards
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Q
What is a TCP Header?
A
- It’s the 1st 24 bytes of a TCP segment that contains the parameters and state of an end-to-end TCP socket
- Is used to track the state of communication between 2 TCP endpoints
- The TCP Header immediately follows the IP Header during transmission
TCP Header size ranges from 20 - 60 bytes
It contains info that is required for control purposes, such as: Source Port, Destination Port, Sequence Number, Acknowledgement Number, Header Length, Flags, Window Size, TCP Checksum and Urgent Pointer
