📖 Available Protocol Documentation
TCP/IP Evolution Study
A deep dive into network protocol evolution from ARPANET to modern internet.
BGP: The Protocol That Holds the Internet Together (Barely)
How 70,000+ networks use an old-school routing protocol to keep global internet traffic flowing, despite constant attacks and human error
Ethernet: The Humble Protocol That Conquered the World
How a simple frame format and CSMA/CD became the foundation for literally every wired network on Earth
DNS: The Internet's Phone Book (That Actually Works)
How 13 root servers and a massive distributed database turn 'google.com' into an IP address billions of times per day
IP: The Protocol That IS the Internet
How this deceptively simple addressing and routing protocol became the foundation that literally every other internet technology builds upon
RS-232: The Serial Port That Refuses to Die
How this 1960s standard became the cockroach of computing - surviving decades of 'obsolescence' and still running critical systems today
POP3: The Email Protocol That Just Downloads Everything
How this simple 'post office' protocol became the foundation for billions of email clients, despite doing basically one job
SMTP: The Postal Service of the Internet (But Way More Reliable)
How this 40-year-old protocol moves 300+ billion emails per day across the globe with surprising elegance
SSH: Your Secure Gateway to Remote Computing
How this cryptographic protocol revolutionized system administration and made remote computing actually safe
TCP: The Reliable Friend That Never Lets You Down
How this 50-year-old protocol became the backbone of literally everything you do online, and why it's way cooler than you think
TLS: The Bodyguard That Protects Your Digital Life
How this encryption protocol keeps your passwords, messages, and cat photos safe from prying eyes on the hostile internet
Telnet: The Brave Protocol That Made Remote Computing Possible
How this simple text-based protocol connected the early internet, despite sending everything in plain text for the world to see
UDP: The Speed Demon That Doesn't Give a Damn
When you need to move fast and break things (sometimes literally), UDP is your protocol - no handshakes, no guarantees, just pure speed
HTTP/1.1: The Workhorse of the Web - A Look Under the Hood
A deep dive into HTTP/1.1, the fundamental protocol behind so much of our daily online activity
HTTP/2: Seriously, It's Cooler Than You Think (And Faster!)
Exploring the performance improvements and features of HTTP/2 over its predecessor
