Difference between Proprietary and Standard Protocols
Two terms are often used in networking industry, when describing network protocols.
1) Proprietary Protocol 2) Standard Protocol
Proprietary protocols are usually developed by a single company for the devices (or Operating System) which they manufacture. AppleTalk is a proprietary protocol developed by Apple Inc. Appletalk protocol may work well in network environments consisting only Apple devices. But other vendors may not support Appletalk protocol. Proprietary protocols will not scale well in network environments consisting of multi-vendor equipments.
Standard protocols are agreed and accepted by whole industry. Standard protocols are not vendor specific. Standard protocols are often developed by collaborative effort of experts from different organizations.
Examples of standard protocols are IP, TCP, UDP etc. RFC (Request for Comments) is an IETF platform to develop Standard Protocols.
To understand the concept of standard protocols more clearly, take a real world example of shaving blade. A shaving blade has a globally agreed and accepted shape, so that it can fit well in a razor manufactured by different vendors.
Chapter 1 :- Introduction to Computer Networking
Chapter 2 :- What is a Computer Network
Chapter 3 :- Why we need computer networks
Chapter 4 :- Client Operating Systems
Chapter 5 :- Common Network Application Software
Chapter 6 :- LAN and WAN
Chapter 7 :- CAN and MAN
Chapter 8 :- Peer-to-Peer networks and Client-Server networks
Chapter 9 :- Centralized and Distributed Computer Networks
Chapter 10 :- Internetworks, Internet, Intranet and Extranet
Chapter 11 :- What is a Network Protocol
Chapter 12 :- Difference between Proprietary and Standard Protocols
Chapter 13 :- What are RFCs
Chapter 14 :- Organizations which control Internet
Chapter 15 :- Bus Topology
Chapter 16 :- Star Topology
Chapter 17 :- Mesh, Ring and Hybrid Topologies
Chapter 18 :- Network Infrastructure Devices and Icons
Chapter 19 :- Network Hub
Chapter 20 :- Network Bridge
Chapter 21 :- What is a Router
Chapter 21 :- What is a Firewall
Chapter 22 :- Office Networks
Chapter 23 :- Hub-and-spoke WAN topology
Chapter 24 :- Partial-Mesh WAN topology
Chapter 25 :- Full-mesh Site-to-site WAN topology
Chapter 26 :- What is NIC
Chapter 27 :- Common Network Cable types
Chapter 28 :- Difference between Baseband and Broadband
Chapter 29 :- CSMA/CD, CSMA/CA and Token Passing
Chapter 30 :- LAN Technologies Ethernet
Chapter 31 :- Ethernet Media Standards
Chapter 32 :- What is Token Ring
Chapter 33 :- What is FDDI
Chapter 34 :- IEEE 802 Standards
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