To make the best use of the ss command, it’s important to understand what a socket is. A socket is a type of pseudo file (i.e., not an actual file) that represents a network connection. A socket ...

In this tutorial we will discuss the concept of Ports and how they work with IP addresses. If you have not read our article on IP addresses and need a brush up, you can find the article here. If you ...

PortExpert is a free application that can give very useful information about all TCP, UDP communications connected to the system and is hence useful to identify potential threats. These days we are ...

As everyone know that TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) and UDP (User Datagram Protocol) are internet protocols which are used for communication through internet. The communication takes places ...

As with any network and internet-capable computing system, many of Apple's services and programs require access to the internet and/or local network using TCP and UDP ports to function properly. When ...

The transport layer protocols provide connection oriented sessions and reliable data delivery services. This paper seeks to reflect a comparative analysis between the two transport layer protocols, ...

You've installed a VPN. It's not quite as fast as you'd like. You could switch to another service, but maybe there's a simple speedup trick you can try first. Open ...