Datagram Delivery Protocol
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Datagram Delivery Protocol (DDP) is a member of the AppleTalk
networking protocol suite. Its main responsibility is for socket-to-socket delivery of datagrams over an AppleTalk network.
AppleTalk
AppleTalk is a proprietary suite of protocols developed by Apple Inc. for networking computers. It was included in the original Macintosh released in 1984, but is now unsupported as of the release of Mac OS X v10.6 in 2009 in favor of TCP/IP networking...
networking protocol suite. Its main responsibility is for socket-to-socket delivery of datagrams over an AppleTalk network.
- Note: All application-level protocols, including the infrastructure protocols NBP, RTMPRouting Table Maintenance ProtocolRouting Table Maintenance Protocol is a communication protocol used by AppleTalk to ensure that all routers on the network have consistent routing information....
and ZIP were built on top of DDP.
External links
- RFC 1742 - AppleTalk Management Information Base II
- DDP Variable Specifications