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Summary: Ospf Anatomy of An Internet Routing Protocol
Review: A clear and concise description of the protocol for the novice and experienced veteran. Good study and reference to keep while implementing the protocol for any developer.
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Summary: An Excellent Book
Review: A very detailed explanation of the OSPF protocol right from its infancy. Details the functional requirements and the implementation. The best part is that one does not have to be an IP expert to enjoy this book.
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Summary: You don't know OSPF until you read it
Review: By far the most complete description of the OSPF protocol that I ever read.
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Summary: Awesome reference
Review: Great book and great reference to OSPF and its many aspects. I have had this book for years and will not part with it.
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Summary: Dry Dry Dry
Review: I suppose from the purely technical perspective, this is a useful book; but Moy's style is among the driest and most monotonous I've encountered. I'm generally fascinated by networking and routing theory, but this book was so boring I had trouble finishing it. I'd also far too laden with irrelevant 'ancient history' about the early development of the protocol. I'd say, skip it unless you're a glutton for tedium. The information he presents on OSPF can be gathered more easily and more entertainingly from other sources...
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Summary: Solid treatment of the subject
Review: I wasn't thinking of reviewing this book till I saw the undeservedly negative comment. The book provides excellent information on OSPF and is a very useful companion to the OSPF/MOSPF RFCs (also written by John Moy). Having worked with routing for a few years now and having been through the excellently written OSPF RFCs a couple of times, I found parts II and III of the book to be a very good refresher on OSPF. On finishing the book I found my approach to solving OSPF problems a lot more purposeful and cleaner than before. The book definitely has a bias towards people already familiar with some of the core routing and OSPF/link-state concepts, but this shouldn't discorage the novice who should find this book an invaluable reference as he/she learns more about the subject.
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Summary: Standards-based explanation of OSPF
Review: I'm biased against proprietary protocols, so understand where I come from when I say that I wouldn't run any other IGP than OSPF. ISIS has a few strange things but thats not the point here. This book gives the networking world a great explanation of how OSPF is designed to work as a standard, not how Cisco implements it (which, by the way, I think they do very well). Not only does Moy explain how OSPF works, but he tells us WHY he decided it should work that way. He also gives a brief history of the early OSPF vs ISIS conflict and OSPF's development process, including what was wrong with OSPF ver1. This book helps spare you from scouring the 1000 or so RFC pages that describe OSPF. This book is a little pricey, and probably isn't necessary to get OSPF running (read Doyle), but it will deepen your understanding of the protocol and is written in clear, old-fashioned English. One last thing. Read Jeff Doyle or some other good material on OSPF first, this book will offer you much more if you already understand the protocol to a certain degree.
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Summary: Standards-based explanation of OSPF
Review: I'm biased against proprietary protocols, so understand where I come from when I say that I wouldn't run any other IGP than OSPF. ISIS has a few strange things but thats not the point here. This book gives the networking world a great explanation of how OSPF is designed to work as a standard, not how Cisco implements it (which, by the way, I think they do very well). Not only does Moy explain how OSPF works, but he tells us WHY he decided it should work that way. He also gives a brief history of the early OSPF vs ISIS conflict and OSPF's development process, including what was wrong with OSPF ver1. This book helps spare you from scouring the 1000 or so RFC pages that describe OSPF. This book is a little pricey, and probably isn't necessary to get OSPF running (read Doyle), but it will deepen your understanding of the protocol and is written in clear, old-fashioned English. One last thing. Read Jeff Doyle or some other good material on OSPF first, this book will offer you much more if you already understand the protocol to a certain degree.
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Summary: Good Introduction to Intradomain routing
Review: If you are a technical guy with interest in understanding
what happens behind the scene of your IP network this is a good book. The only drawback is that in some point you have the feeling things are non fully explained (details left to the reader); it's possible Jhon Moy had some interest in selling the second detailed book on OSPF (The complete implementation ..").
Nice to compare what Moy says about OSPF vs. IS-IS with Perlman idea.
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Summary: Useful By Acadameia Only
Review: If you are looking for a book to assist you in working with OSPF and building a network then do not turn here. The author spends 80 pages telling the reader how he did this and he did that to get OSPF to where it is today. I don't think he knows the word "team". The authors arrogance and me me attitude in this section was a real turn off. The book provides some useful information but nothing of great value to the network engineer that can't found in the RFC for free. His "war stories" and real world examples are so out of touch that it is a shame. It is obvious the authors experience is in the glass palaces of development and acadamia not in the trenches doing. In conclusion you can get the same information from the RFC and its free nor do you have to listen how he made OSPF what it is today. Buy at your own risk.
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