About
A socket in the context of TCP.
A TCP socket is a session identifier for each TCP connection and is the combination of:
- a local address:
- source host address,
- source port,
- a remote address
- destination host address,
- and destination port.
It's used interchangeability with the term TCP connection as one connection is equal to one socket.
The output of netstat showing a socket Id with its state.
Adress
In tcp, a socket address is the combination of
- an IP address
- and a port number.
Type
Remote
A remote socket is the socket of the client.
Local
A local socket is the socket of the server
Management
List
See connection list
State
See connection state