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Internet protocol suite

Application layer:

• Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
• Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
• Domain Name System (DNS)
• File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
• Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
• HTTPS
• Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP)
• Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
• Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP)
• MQTT
• Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP)
• Network Time Protocol (NTP)
• Post Office Protocol (POP)
• Precision Time Protocol (PTP)
• Open Network Computing Remote Procedure Call (ONC/RPC)
• Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP)
• Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP)
• Routing Information Protocol (RIP)
• Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
• Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
• Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
• Secure Shell (SSH)
• Telnet
• Transport Layer Security (TLS/SSL)
• XMPP
• Category:Application layer protocols for many more Application layer protocols

Transport layer:

• Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
• User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
• Datagram Congestion Control Protocol (DCCP)
• Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP)
• Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP)
• Category:Transport layer protocols for many more Transport layer protocols

Internet layer:

• Internet Protocol | IP
  • IPv4
  • IPv6
• Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)
• Internet Control Message Protocol for IPv6 (ICMPv6)
• Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN)
• Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP)
• IPsec
• Category:Internet layer protocols for many more Internet layer protocols

Link layer:

• Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
• Neighbor Discovery Protocol (NDP)
• Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
• Tunneling protocol (Tunnels)
  • Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP)
• Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)
• Medium access control (MAC) - MAC address - MACadr
  • Ethernet
  • Wi-Fi
  • Digital subscriber line (DSL)
  • Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN)
  • Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI)

• Category:Link protocols for many more Link protocols

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