# Zabbix Protocols

This is description of all protocols used by Zabbix 1.8 components.

There are some definitions used in the protocol details:

    <HEADER> - "ZBXD\x01" (5 bytes)
    <DATALEN> - data length (8 bytes). 1 will be formatted as 01/00/00/00/00/00/00/00 (eight bytes in HEX, 64 bit number)

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