The Protocols (TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1)

Rating:
Summary: incredible
Review: The only bad thing I can say about this book is it is a bit outdated. I however would not recommend ANY book over this one. It's THE book for learning the tcp/ip protocol suite. I think I've read this book at least 3 times and I'm probably due in for a 4th time. I rank this as my favorite computer book. So really I give it 10 stars out of 5 ;)

Rating:
Summary: Informative and detailed
Review: This book caused quite a stir when it first came out. It had unprecedent detail, clarity and insight. It is a good book, however like most protocol books you often have to search hard to find the bits that are relevant when using it as reference. This is particular issue as this book only covers part of the story -- as there are a series of these books. By the way, there is another series of books that preceeds these that covered TCP/IP in great detail, including protocol code -- probably World Wide Web though. There may be other newer books available now that are as good or better. Also, the Internet related protocols continue to evolve so books in this domain tend to become a little dated after a couple of years. It is not that they become invalid, it is more that they become increasingly less complete.

Rating:
Summary: Informative and detailed
Review: This book caused quite a stir when it first came out. It had unprecedent detail, clarity and insight. It is a good book, however like most protocol books you often have to search hard to find the bits that are relevant when using it as reference. This is particular issue as this book only covers part of the story -- as there are a series of these books. By the way, there is another series of books that preceeds these that covered TCP/IP in great detail, including protocol code -- probably World Wide Web though. There may be other newer books available now that are as good or better. Also, the Internet related protocols continue to evolve so books in this domain tend to become a little dated after a couple of years. It is not that they become invalid, it is more that they become increasingly less complete.

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Summary: Great details and explanations
Review: This book gives you all the details of the TCP/IP stack, from the bottom up. The chapters are short and sweet, to the point. I would say a decent amount of IP experience makes this book even better. A novice could read it, but it will be more appreciated by the intermediate user, looking to advance their IP knowledge.

Rating:
Summary: Good book all around
Review: This book helped me to understand all about TCP/IP that I needed to know. I think it's a good book for anyone wanting to learn the basics on computer networks. It also provides a look into the inner workings of TCP/IP that you wouldn't otherwise see.

Rating:
Summary: Clearly the Best Introduction book to TCP/IP
Review: This book is clearly worth the somewhat high than average TCP book. It provides indepth analysis of the OSI 7 Layers. Then transitions to real life scenarios which ture complements the style of this book. This is a great book for individual with UNIX experience since most of the references are to UNIX commands and systems.

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Summary: A MUST HAVE book
Review: This book is the holy bible for network protocols. It offers the best knowledge I've ever encountered in books within the same topics. Highly recommended !

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Summary: Must-have for any serious programmer
Review: This book is the most definitive book on the networking and
TCP/IP protocal suite. If you wanna know the internal workings
of TCP/IP and the Internet, this book is for you. This teaches
the basic TCP/IP fundamentals first such as Ethernet,ARP,RARP and
IP, and later more complicated and high layer components: TCP
and UDP and application layer protocols. I think that it's a
good way to grasp network concepts that you start with practical
books like this rather than with theoretical books such as
Computer Networks by Tanenbaum,..and other university text books.

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Summary: Great explanation
Review: This book provides simple and in-depth explanation of the TCP/IP protocols. Handshaking algorithm, TCP timeout retransmission and a whole lot of other TCP stuff. It allows you to see clearly how everything works! Use this book with Unix Networking Programming by the same author and everything begins to make sense!

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Summary: this book is THE shit
Review: this book rocks. i own just about every reference book a unix admin could have, and i use tcp/ip vol. 1 more often than any other. it's dog-eared, highlighted, and covered with pizza grease and coke stains. if your a sun admin then you also need a copy of Adrian Cockcroft's book. with these two books in hand you are one with God. and Mr. Steven's, wherever you are right now, the unix admins of the world thank you for making a bad-ass book.