The TCP protocol has a unique way of establishing a connection between two computers. Describe how the different phases of this handshake and how this methodology differs from other protocols.

Connection oriented three way TCP handshake.

Explanation:

TCP is a connection oriented protocol that operates at the transport layer of the OSI model, that is, it requires a connection for communication to take place. TCP communication is reliable because it retransmits dropped packets.

TCP establishes a three way handshake. It source host sends a SYN packet to the server, the server receives the SYN packet and sends an ACK packet to the client, which sends it's ACK packet to the server to complete the connection.