Internet Protocol (IP) Transport

INET(4) provides an introductory manual page for Transport stack components and interfaces. You can also select one of the component or interface sections from the diagram below:

Components

Interfaces

Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP)

This section provides a roadmap to Manual Pages for Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP).

Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)

This section provides a roadmap to Manual Pages for Transmission Control Protocol (TCP).

User Datagram Protocol (UDP)

This section provides a roadmap to Manual Pages for User Datagram Protocol (UDP).

Service Specific Connection Oriented Protocol (SSCOP)

This section provides a roadmap to Manual Pages for Service Specific Connection Oriented Protocol (SSCOP).

Internet Protocol (IP)

This section provides a roadmap to Manual Pages for Internet Protocol (IP).

INET

Section: OpenSS7 INET Networking Devices (4)
Updated: 2008-10-31
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NAME

INET - OpenSS7 INET Devices

SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/stream.h>

int inet_stream = open(inet_device, flags);

DESCRIPTION

The INET related collection of drivers and modules provide INET capabilities in a number of related forms, including TCP, UDP and IP variants.

Drivers

INET provides the following STREAMS pseudo-device drivers:

sctp(4): is a STREAMS SCTP driver providing a TPI[1] interface that uses the XOS (XTI over Sockets) approach. This device is only provided if the system is equipped with the OpenSS7 Linux Native Sockets version of SCTP. The OpenSS7 STREAMS SCTP is a direct STREAMS implementation that is available in the strsctp package.
tcp(4): is a STREAMS TCP driver providing a TPI[1] interface that uses the XOS (XTI over Sockets) approach.
udp(4): is a STREAMS UDP driver providing a TPI[1] interface that uses the XOS (XTI over Sockets) approach.
rawip(4): is a STREAMS RAWIP driver providing a TPI[1] interface that uses the XOS (XTI over Sockets) approach.
ticlts(4): is a STREAMS connectionless-mode UNIX domain driver providing a TPI[1] interface that uses the XOS (XTI over Sockets) approach.
ticots(4): is a STREAMS connection-oriented UNIX domain driver providing a TPI[1] interface that uses the XOS (XTI over Sockets) approach.
ticots_ord(4): is a STREAMS connection-oriented orderly release UNIX domain driver providing a TPI[1] interface that uses the XOS (XTI over Sockets) approach.

DEVICES

/dev/tcp: The Transmission Control Protocol device, tcp(4).
/dev/udp: The User Datagram Protocol device, udp(4).
/dev/rawip: The Raw Internet Protocol device, rawip(4).
/dev/sctp: The Stream Control Transmission Protocol device, sctp(4).

Additional devices that are provided are symbolic links to one of the foregoing devices.

HISTORY

Most of the devices and modules listed here did not appear until strss7-0.8.4.

REFERENCES

[1]: TPI Revision 2.0.0, Open Group CAE Specification: Transport Provider Interface (TPI) Specification, Revision 2.0.0, Draft 2, 1999, (Berkshire, UK), OpenGroup, Open Group Publication. <http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/>