Overview
Main description
This benchmark reference is the ultimate user-friendly manual for planning, configuring, operating, maintaining, and using a TCP/IP network and associated services. Written in the easygoing style that made previous editions bestsellers, Dr. Sidnie Feit's book gives you a clear overview of TCP/IP technology, followed by in-depth coverage of applications and advice on how to get past performance obstacles.
Focusing on real-life solutions to real-world problems, this book is the best print source of information on all major changes in the field, including the new IP security standards and The Next Generation Internet Protocol, IPv6, plus the latest information on multicast groups and multicast routing; the Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP); TCP extensions for performance and transactional TCP; LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) and the coming world of directory services; the new Secure Domain Name System; security issues for each protocol and application; sample dialogues featuring new GUIs; and many easy-to-read dialogues and protocol traces that readers can try for themselves. For an all-in-one, easy-to-understand TCP/IP resource that anticipates your needs and concerns, this guide from one of the world's leading authorities is one youÕll turn to again and again.
Table of contents
Introduction. TCP/IP: What It Is and Where It Came From. TCP/IP Architecture. Security Concepts. Physical and Data Link Technologies. Naming and Addressing. Internet Protocol. Internet Control Message Protocol. IP Routing. User Datagram Protocol and Transmission Control Protocol. Multicasts, Multicast Routing, and RSVP. Configuration with BOOTP and DHCP. Domain Name System. Telnet. File Transfer Protocol. RPC and NFS. Electronic Mail and MIME. Network News. The World Wide Web. Directories and the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol. Simple Network Management Protocol. The Socket Programming Interface. IP Version 6. ICMPv6 and Neighbor Discovery. IP Security. Appendices: A: RFCs and Other TCP/IP Documents. B: Network Information Centers and Other Services. C: Variable-Length Subnet Masks. D: Glossary. E: Abbreviations and Acronyms. F: Binary/Decimal Tables.
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The most up-to-date and comprehensive hands-on TCP/IP guide ever! This benchmark reference is the ultimate user-friendly manual for planning, configuring, operating, maintaining, and using a TCP/IP network and associated services. Written in the easygoing style that made previous edition bestseller, Dr. Sidnie Feit's book gives you a clear overview of TCP/IP technology, in-depth coverage of applications, and advice on how to get past performance obstacles.
Focusing on real-life solutions to real-world problems, this book is the best print source of
information on all major changes in the field, including the new IP security standards, the Next Generation Internet Protocol (IPv6) and the latest on: multicast groups and multicast routing; the Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP); TCP extensions for performance and transactional TCP; LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) and the rapidly expanding arena of directory services; hands-on help with DNS,DHCP, and more; secure DNS configuration and protocol; sample dialogs feature new GUIs; PLUS: the TCP/IP Signature Edition covers security issues for each protocol and application.
