Networking Protocols: A Developer's Guide

A comprehensive technical book covering network protocols from fundamentals to advanced patterns. Built with mdbook.

Read online: https://cloudstreet-dev.github.io/Networking-Protocols/

Topics Covered

• Fundamentals - OSI model, TCP/IP stack, encapsulation, ports and sockets
• IP Layer - IPv4, IPv6, subnetting, routing, fragmentation
• TCP - Three-way handshake, flow control, congestion control, retransmission
• UDP - Datagrams, use cases, trade-offs vs TCP
• DNS - Resolution process, record types, caching, DNSSEC
• HTTP - Evolution from HTTP/1.0 to HTTP/3
• QUIC - Connection establishment, multiplexing, connection migration
• WebSockets - Handshake, bidirectional communication, use cases
• TLS/SSL - Handshake, certificates, cipher suites, TLS 1.3
• Application Protocols - SMTP, FTP/SFTP, SSH
• Protocol Design - Versioning, backwards compatibility, performance
• Real-World Patterns - Load balancing, proxies, CDNs, connection pooling

Building Locally

Install mdbook:

cargo install mdbook

Build and serve:

mdbook serve --open

The book will be available at http://localhost:3000.

License

Copyright CloudStreet