TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1: The Protocols (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series)
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For students writing applications that run over TCP/IP, or for those responsible for managing and maintaining a TCP/IP internet, this book’s innovative approach helps readers at all levels to truly understand how TCP/IP really works. Rather than just describing the protocols from an abstract, standards-related point of view-describing what the standards say the protocol suite should do-TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1 actually shows the protocols in action. Stevens also recognizes that readers deal with multiple TCP/IP implementations on heterogeneous platforms. Therefore, the examples in this book show how current, popular TCP/IP implementations operate-SunOS 4.1.3, Solaris 2.2, System V Release 4, BSD/386, AIX 3.2.2, and 4.4 BSD-and they relate these real-world implementations to the RFC standards.
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Additional information
| Publisher | 1st edition (31 Dec. 1993), Addison-Wesley |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Hardcover | 600 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 0201633469 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0201633467 |
| Dimensions | 20.32 x 4.45 x 24.13 cm |
by c j fisher
was a good book a lot of relevant information, i used this as a backup and additional information to back up the official cisco material
by B. Middleton
This is a very good book to learn TCP/IP bit it is now a little dated, no doubt in it’s day it would be worthy of 5-stars but I would recommend Internetworking with TCP/IP: v. 1: Principles, Protocols and Architecture by Douglas E. Comer as my TCP/IP reference book of choice which I also found to be a more enjoyable read; the 5th Edition of that was released in 2005 and includes sections discussing NAT/VPN, MPLS and other technologies in use today.
by Apostolopoulos Vassilios
This was such an interesting and well written book about tcp/ip that i have read it from start to the end 2 times when i bought it in mid 90’s and i would welcome another reading for review.It is a must for someone who wants to learn tcp/ip in depth.
by Tom Jefferys
I’ve been a HTTP programmer for years, but had become increasingly frustrated with my lack of knowledge of the deeper protocols. This book was the answer, and I now have a much better understanding of the Internet Protocol Suite, from topics such as IP routing to the differences between the various transport layer protocols such TCP and UDP.
It could be argued this isn’t the best book for a network administrator, as it’s perhaps a little too theoretical, but for a web programmer who is interested in exactly how the Internet works this book is perfect.
Only 4 stars, as it’s starting to get a little out of date, there’s no coverage of IPv6 or NAT routing for example. That said most of the content is still relevant today, and I’m not aware of a better book for learning IP.
by S. Papanastasiou
I decided to give this book a go as it was all the rave in reviews. I must say that I did not regret my decision. It is well written and non-pretentious. Some of the more recent developments (such as IPv6 and NewReno TCP) are absent but still, this is the perfect introduction to TCP/IP and one of the most frequently cited texts in TCP analytical modeling papers.
by mati
smashing for anyone learning about Networking.
by Amazonbuyer
This is simply THE BEST book about TCP/IP protocols series (although does not contain information for many of the newer protocols/RFC additions due its age). This is the IT bible. Should I say anything else?
You should not buy the volume 2 and 3 unless you really know what you are doing. 🙂 For those with the programming background like myself volume 2 is very helpful to get a better understanding how certain features normally implemented (using BSD tcp stack example).
by Jon
This could be considered the bible of network protocol books. Although old it is still relevant. Get it.