Sockets

Internet Networks

the internet is a triumph of indirection: no layer trusts the one below to be reliable, timely, or even present, and yet a packet leaves your laptop, crosses a dozen autonomous systems owned by companies that actively dislike each other, and arrives. 𐃏 this page walks the stack bottom-up, then follows one HTTP request through DNS, TCP, and TLS to see every layer earn its keep.

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