What are the steps of Three-Way Handshake

When is Three-way handshake used in networking

Created: 2022-07-01
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The 3 step process of forming a stable connection between computers.

  1. Computer first sends a special request to the remote server indicating that it wants to initialise a connection. The special request contains SYN bit (Synchronise bit), which essentialy makes first contact in starting the connection process.

  2. The server will then respond with a packet containing the SYN bit, as well as ACK bit (Acknowledge Bit). Meaning it acknowledges the sync request of the computer and wants to sync back.

  3. Finally, computer will send a packet that contains the ACK bit by itself, confirming that the connection has been setup successfully.

And that's how you form a reliable transmittion of data between two computers. Any data that is lost or corrupted on transmission will be re-sent.
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