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- From: scs@lokkur.dexter.mi.us (Steve Simmons)
- Subject: Re: Networking Book
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.171913.6655@lokkur.dexter.mi.us>
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- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 92 17:19:13 GMT
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- I know of no book which will do all you describe -- the topic is simply
- too broad.
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- That said, there are a number of good books in the field. To learn the
- IP protocols (heart and soul of UNIX networking) see Doug Comers books
- on "Internetworking With TCP/IP". Volume 1 is what you should start with.
-
- If you want to learn how the things fit together on a practical level
- and care less about the fine details, get one of the newer system admin
- books which covers the topic. Nemeth/Seebass/Snyder have a good one;
- and O'Reilly books has a new one out on administering a TCP network
- -- I've not seen it yet, but most O'Reilly books are good.
-
- If you're strictly a user, you might try Ed Krol's "The Whole Internet
- Catalog" or Brendan Kehoe's "Zen and the Art of the Internet".
-
- If you really want to cover all the topics you asked about in technical
- detail, expect to spend a couple of hundred bucks.
- --
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