The TCP/IP Guide: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Internet Protocols Reference
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From Charles M. Kozierok, the creator of the highly regarded www.pcguide.com, comes The TCP/IP Guide. This completely up-to-date, encyclopedic reference on the TCP/IP protocol suite will appeal to newcomers and the seasoned professional alike. Kozierok details the core protocols that make TCP/IP internetworks function and the most important classic TCP/IP applications, integrating IPv6 coverage throughout. Over 350 illustrations and hundreds of tables help to explain the finer points of this complex topic. The book’s personal, user-friendly writing style lets readers of all levels understand the dozens of protocols and technologies that run the Internet, with full coverage of PPP, ARP, IP, IPv6, IP NAT, IPSec, Mobile IP, ICMP, RIP, BGP, TCP, UDP, DNS, DHCP, SNMP, FTP, SMTP, NNTP, HTTP, Telnet, and much more.
The TCP/IP Guide is a must-have addition to the libraries of internetworking students, educators, networking professionals, and those working toward certification.
Publisher : No Starch Press
Publication date : October 1, 2005
Edition : 1st
Language : English
Print length : 1616 pages
ISBN-10 : 159327047X
ISBN-13 : 978-1593270476
Item Weight : 5.32 pounds
Dimensions : 7.37 x 2.25 x 9.6 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #293,017 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #4 in Email Administration #4 in TCP-IP #305 in Internet & Telecommunications
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Jose Demarko –
A User/Beginner Friendly Classic, Epic, Truely Great
Would agree with many of the positive reviews here.It is hard to believe that just one person wrote this book. Equally amazing is how good it is. It is getting a bit old and some things are beginning to move on, but to understand IPv6, you need a good grasp of IPv4. Both are covered beautifully in a manner designed to teach not confuse or merely impress other academic types. There are detailed diagrams and line by line full explanations on every topic and nothing nor any detail is skipped. From binary transfer, to packet encoding, everything imaginable is covered for the OSI reference model, in terms that just about anyone can understand. Seriously impressive.Want to understand networking? Much of the information in this book is a must. As a reference book, it is outstanding. At 1500+ pages it doesn’t miss much, if anything, although I must confess to only having read line by line about a third of it in total, roughly 500 pages.I’m biased as my hobby and professional work is IT. I literally have multiples of hundreds of tech books, in paper and Ebooks. For me, this book is a work of fine art.
Vladyslav Dovhopol –
Essentials of core networking protocols
This is a great book which gives both and intelligible overview and sufficient details to the core networking protocols. While it’s huge, the language inside is simple and structure which makes the impression that the networking is simple as well. 🙂 And author explains a lot of why’s and his history lessons just capture the essence without boring frills.To sum up, it can be a great reference for anyone who’s interested in networking.
J. Felipe Ortega Soto –
Authoritative TCP/IP reference
Since I got 6 years ago volumes 1, 2 and 3 of Steven’s TCP/IP Illustrated, I hadn’t found a title with so a thorough and detailed description of TCP/IP protocols.Kozierok’s written a very, very detailed and authoritative guide. I agree with other reviews that Steven’s books still are the best hands-on reference on TCP/IP available, and an indispensable resource. Nevertheless, ‘The TCP/IP Guide’ is going to mark a milestone in the TCP/IP field.I don’t usually get smashed simply by the length of a book (and this is a very thick one, believe me…), because many times you find no more than lots of padding stuff. This book is simply unbelievable: more than 80 chapters with descriptions of every inner and deeper functional detail of the TCP/IP protocol stack. A lot of informative and very well-designed diagrams and graphics helps very much to understand key topics.
czlee –
A very clear and well-written text giving a deep understanding
This text offers a well-guided clear understanding of TCP/IP and its design motivations. The nature of the text is best suited to readers with little or no networking background, and who actually want to understand TCP/IP (as opposed to just know about it). The author makes a point to explain why the designers of the protocols did things the way they did, the histories behind decisions and developments, the advantages and disadvantages of certain features and how everything fits together. These explanations obviously lengthen the text, but it is perfect if you are committed to understanding TCP/IP properly. The author’s style is quite direct, easy to read, and makes sense.It’s a very comprehensive text–some might argue too comprehensive! This isn’t a how-to guide and doesn’t claim to be. Some of the drier parts can get dry, but when describing a packet format you can’t really avoid that, and you can always skip those parts (though I found persevering through them helped my understanding too). I would highly recommend this book to anyone wanting to understand the protocols of the Internet.
themlkang –
Great book for learning how internetworking works
As a developer who wanted to understand how the internet works, I found this book to be a very good resource. It starts by giving a good overview of internetworking, a history, and the fundamental concepts make internetworking work. It goes on to describe each protocol that makes up internetworking in detail. It doesn’t go into unnecessary low level detail, there’s plenty of other resources for network administrators and experts. It is very complete covering all important low level protocols and many important application level protocols.I had a few minor issues that prevented this book from being my bible for internetworking. One is that the book is relatively old. While most of the technology hasn’t changed, how we perceive the internet has. The way we conceptualize internetworking may have changed. The usage of certain protocols may have changed and thus the emphasis that should be placed on each protocol may be different. Also, the book is large, over 1000 pages. There’s enough information and detail that it could possibly be used as a reference book. Because of these issues, I found myself skipping around and trying to figure out which sections of the book were important and essential to read. I was always afraid that I might miss something.The book can be found free online, but as someone who loves books and likes to have physical copies, especially for books I appreciate, I was happy to buy it. If you’re someone like me who’s looking for a comprehensive introduction to internetworking, I’d also suggest Internetworking with TCP/IP Volume One (6th Edition)