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Summary: A great guide to the TCP/IP Protocol suite!
Review: How can you tell that "TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1 - The Protocols" by Richard Stevens is the definitive book on TCP/IP? Even after 10 years, this book, having been written in 1994, is still considered to be one of the top, if not the top, rated books on TCP/IP. Not only does this book deserve credit, but his companion book - "TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 2 - The Implementation", which came out in 1995, is also highly favored. If you go to your friendly neighborhood bookstore, you are most likely to find this book on the shelf in the networking section.Despite its early publication, and its lack of information on IPV6, it is very relevant today. I was once trying to find out why my protocol analyzer was always showing PSH and I was curious as to why it was used. In my other TCP/IP books, there was only about a line or two on the subject, whereas in "TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 2- The Implementation", there were a couple of pages of information to peruse. Similarly with the RST flag, the information was detailed regarding its use and easy to follow. All the protocols are given a very thorough treatise TCP, IP, UDP, ARP, ICMP, FTP, SMTP, Telnet and Rlogon are among the protocols that are illustrated in great detail. All the required information that is relevant to know about these protocols is provided. The examples are first rate and easy to follow and they are in abundance. Do you want to know how keepalives work? How about an example, complete with instructions, on how to simulate a crash and the tcpdump output you can expect to see. There are 2 other examples, just in case you missed the point! He is obviously a unix afficionado, having written a very popular - "Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment". Even if you are not a Unix user, and I am not one myself, his use of unix tools for the examples are very easy to follow and easily translate to common windows networking tools. He takes great pains to make sure you understand his examples, which I find refreshing. Believe me it's everything you have ever wanted to know about TCP/IP and then some. If I had to have only one book on the subject, this would be it. Regardless of the level of networking you find yourself at, you should get more than your times worth of information out of this book.
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Summary: Six years later, still one of the best on the market
Review: I am responsible for a 50+ person intrusion detection mission, and I recommend this book to analysts after 6-12 months on the job. I do this because the serious folks have lasted that long, and they receive the most benefit from definitive works like Richard's wonderful volume. In the summer of 1999, this book brought my knowledge of TCP/IP from the memorization and recognition stages to the comprehension and application stages. While some material is far too deep in the weeds (SNMP, for example), the vast majority of the book caters to any intermediate student of TCP/IP and/or network based intrusion detection. I was lucky enough to exchange emails with Richard before he died on 1 Sep 99, and I grieved the loss to his family and to the Internet community. This book and his other volumes remain as testaments to his educational ability.
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Summary: This is the TCP/IP bible.
Review: I have been using this book as the definitive point of reference for almost 6 years. It is by far the most used (and dog eared) book in my techinical library and has settled many an argument. This is clear, concise and complete information that no networking professional should be without.
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Summary: Great book, highly recommended
Review: I love this book. Full of information, very clear and easy to understand.Great reference.
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Summary: Si quieres aprender TCP/IP lee este libro!
Review: I was really happy after read this book, because I learnt TCP/IP finally. This is a essential book to learn this protocol. Si se quiere tener un buen conocimiento del protocolo TCP/IP es mejor comenzar con este libro ya que muestra en los primeros capítulos lo mínimo indispensable. Continúa con la descripción de cada unos de los protocolos que están dentro del TCP/IP además que existen prácticas y direcciones de Internet que pueden dar las herramientas para entender como se puede mejorar el aprendizaje de cada capítulo.
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Summary: It might be great if you are a programmer...
Review: I'm a network engineer and I'll tell you what, the examples in the book are pretty horrible. They spent exactly a half a page on subnetting, which for anyone who knows subnetting, they should have dedicated a seperate chapter to. The book is way too academic and not enough true to life material. If you are looking to find out what every single bit is doing at any given time, then this is the book for you. If you're looking to use this book to set-up your WAN, don't bother.
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Summary: This book finally answered all of the questions I had
Review: I've been trying to unearth the details of exactly what TCP/IP is and is not for quite some time - although I've been using it both as a consumer and as a programmer for years, all of the pieces never quite *clicked* until I found this book. I knew, for example, that my PC somehow obtained an IP address using something called "DHCP" and that my browser somehow translated "www.amazon.com" into an IP address using something called "DNS" - I knew that there was a thing called "UDP" that was parallel to "TCP", but I didn't know how they were related... in short, I knew the how, but not the why. This book covers, in minute detail, exactly what's going on - it stops short of describing how many electrons flow in and out of your ethernet card during a typical TCP/IP session, but that's about the last level of detail you could hope for. And, amazingly enough - it's a good read! I actually found myself staying up late just to "finish this chapter", because the author's writing style is so engaging.
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Summary: Buy IT !
Review: If you don't understand the TCP/IP protocol suite with this book, forget it it. Find something else to do with your life. This book is a must. Even if you are an experienced networker, you will love it. The very-hard-to-please people, should ckeck out Vol.2.
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Summary: older, but still great
Review: if you have any intention of getting into any aspect of
networking/systems, then this book is a must read. if you
already work in networking and you have not read this book
twice, then you should take a leave-of-absence and READ IT.
the writing is easy to follow, descriptive, and as the title
says, illustrated. stevens shows you, using common unix tools,
what is going on, at the protocol level. even if you aren't a
unix user (why not???), the explanations are easily applied
using windows-based tools.
reading this book should be part of every basic (and advanced)
course in networking/security/systems/etc.
Rating:
Summary: older, but still great
Review: if you have any intention of getting into any aspect of
networking/systems, then this book is a must read. if you
already work in networking and you have not read this book
twice, then you should take a leave-of-absence and READ IT.
the writing is easy to follow, descriptive, and as the title
says, illustrated. stevens shows you, using common unix tools,
what is going on, at the protocol level. even if you aren't a
unix user (why not???), the explanations are easily applied
using windows-based tools.
reading this book should be part of every basic (and advanced)
course in networking/security/systems/etc.
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