The Bargain Nexus - TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1: The Protocols (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series)

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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 004.62
EAN: 9780201633467
ISBN: 0201633469
Label: Addison-Wesley Professional
Manufacturer: Addison-Wesley Professional
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 600
Publication Date: 1994-01-10
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Studio: Addison-Wesley Professional

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Summary: Tons of Detail, No Practical Application
Comment: First, I must say that I have great respect for the author. My 3 star rating in no way reflects his authority on TCP/IP, but rather how the book met my needs.

This is a college textbook, not a technical manual. There is a huge amount of theoretical detail about the workings of the protocols, but no information at all on field applications. I was looking for something to help me in analyzing packet captures and diagnosing network outages. Regrettably, this is not the book I needed.

If you are a grad student looking to make a career in the ivory tower, this book is for you. If you work in the trenches, operating a real network, this book will probably end up on your shelf collecting dust.

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Summary: This Is The Bible On The TCP/IP Protocol Stack
Comment: This is THE BIBLE. This is the gold standard for the exposition of the TCP/IP protocol stack. Every other TCP/IP protocol book must be measured by the yardstick of this book. This is simply the most comprehensive book ever written on the TCP/IP protocol stack. It's crystal clear and utterly lucid. Stevens tome leads the reader logically, methodically and effortlessly through all of the layers of the TCP/IP protocol stack: the Link Layer (ethernet frames), IP layer, Transport Layer etc. All nuances of TCP/IP are discussed: Address Resolution Protocol (ARP), RARP, ICMP, IGMP, User Datagram Protocol, Transmission Control Protocol etc. In particular, the 135 page exposition of the transmission control protocol is a masterstroke. Application level protocols such as DNS, NFS, FTP, SMTP are discussed at length. TCP/IP Illustrated is Unix-centric. Given that the roots of TCP/IP are in Unix, every serious appreciation of the protocol requires at least a basic understanding of Unix philosophy. This book is a masterpiece of technical writing in Computer Science. Do not be mislead by the one negative review of this book on the spurious grounds that it is outdated. The TCP/IP protocol has not changed since the publication of this book in 1994. I have two copies of this book and will probably buy a third copy. I very, very highly recommend TCP/IP Illustrated Volume I.

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Summary: Must read book for intruduction to TCP/IP networking
Comment: It is a very good book for understanding TCP/IP protocol suite. It has lots of tools explained in detail to explore the different protocols on unix/linux based systems. Most of the protocols are presented well. It is a must have book for learning networking concepts. I highly recommend this book.

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Summary: It's a BIBLE for TCP/IP workers.
Comment: Either if you're a pro or a student, this book is a MUST-HAVE. "Buy it NOW, don't waste more time" is the best advice I could give to you.

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Summary: Way overdue for a revision
Comment: This book has very well detailed TCP/IP information, unfortunately some of the information is outdated. The book is easy to follow, and would make an even better learning tool if updated. I bought the book since it was required reading for a class, but I would opt out for a younger publishing on this topic if I had a choice.

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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.