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Re: Is the data part also send in Network Byte Order?



On Sat, Mar 24, 2001 at 02:51:22PM +0530, M K Saravanan wrote:
> hi,
> 
> While sending integers in the header like IP addr, etc.., we are sending it in
> Network Byte Order.  What about data?  Do we have to send data - also in  NBO?
> If not, how the other end will know whether it is small/big endian?
> 

An application level protocol built on top of TCP/IP defines the byte order.

	-Arun