Loosely Specified Protocol TCP/P designers design to operate in a multi-vendor environment avoid choosing any vendor's internal data representation avoid specifying the interface in terms of features available only on a single vendors Os The interface between TCP/IP and application is loosely specified CSIE NTUT TANANCSIE, NTUT, TAIWAN 4 Loosely Specified Protocol • TCP/IP designers – design to operate in a multi-vendor environment – avoid choosing any vendor’s internal data representation – avoid specifying the interface in terms of features available only on a single vendor’s OS • The interface between TCP/IP and application is loosely specified