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- title: Internetworking with TCP/IP, Volume II
- by: Douglas E. Comer + David L. Stevens
- publisher: Prentice Hall 1994
- subjects: computing, networking
- other: 612 pages, bibliography, index
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- More than half of _Internetworking with TCP/IP, Volume II_ consists
- of source code, so it is basically a commentary on a particular
- implementation of the TCP/IP protocols. The implementation presented
- is that of the authors' own Xinu operating system (basically a Unix
- variant). While I'm not generally fond of introducing new systems for
- pedagogical purposes, Xinu seems close enough to standard Unix that it
- doesn't really matter, and using it does have a couple of advantages.
- One is that it is possible to print (and make available for ftp)
- the complete source code without copyright problems, the other is
- that the Xinu code seems slightly cleaner, more general and easier
- to follow than some alternatives (e.g. the Linux code).
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- _Internetworking with TCP/IP, Volume II_ is an entertaining way to learn
- about TCP/IP implementation, and probably useful as a reference if you
- ever need to hack your own. The reader is assumed to have a basic
- understanding of the protocols already.
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- Disclaimer: I requested and received a review copy of this book from
- Prentice Hall, but I have no stake, financial or otherwise, in its
- success.
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- %T Internetworking with TCP/IP, Volume II
- %A Douglas E. Comer
- %A David L. Stevens
- %I Prentice Hall
- %C Engelwood Cliffs, New Jersey
- %D 1994
- %O hardcover, bibliography, index
- %G ISBN 0-13-125527-4
- %P xx,612pp
- %K computing, networking
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- Danny Yee (danny@cs.su.oz.au)
- 28 July 1994
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