Socket system call results in sending of SYN Packets - Networking

Q.  Which system call results in the sending of the SYN Packets?
- Published on 16 Jun 15

a. Socket
b. Connect
c. Bind
d. Listen

ANSWER: Socket
 
There is a 3 way handshake where A sends a SYN packet to B. B receives B sends the acknowledgement and vice versa. Hence a socket is used to do all this sending an receiving and establish a TCP connection.

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