
The Illustrated Network
How TCP/IP Works in a Modern Network
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In 1994, W. Richard Stevens and Addison-Wesley published a networking classic: TCP/IP Illustrated. The model for that book was a brilliant, unfettered approach to networking concepts that has proven itself over time to be popular with readers of beginning to intermediate networking knowledge. The Illustrated Network takes this time-honored approach and modernizes it by creating not only a much larger and more complicated network, but also by incorporating all the networking advancements that have taken place since the mid-1990s, which are many. This book takes the popular Stevens approach and modernizes it, employing 2008 equipment, operating systems, and router vendors. It presents an ?illustrated? explanation of how TCP/IP works with consistent examples from a real, working network configuration that includes servers, routers, and workstations. Diagnostic traces allow the reader to follow the discussion with unprecedented clarity and precision. True to the title of the book, there are 330+ diagrams and screen shots, as well as topology diagrams and a unique repeating chapter opening diagram. Illustrations are also used as end-of-chapter questions. A complete and modern network was assembled to write this book, with all the material coming from real objects connected and running on the network, not assumptions. Presents a real world networking scenario the way the reader sees them in a device-agnostic world. Doesn't preach one platform or the other.Here are ten key differences between the two:Stevens Goralski's Older operating systems (AIX,svr4,etc.) Newer OSs (XP, Linux, FreeBSD, etc.)Two routers (Cisco, Telebit (obsolete)) Two routers (M-series, J-series)Slow Ethernet and SLIP link Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, and SONET/SDH links (modern)Tcpdump for traces Newer, better utility to capture traces (Ethereal, now has a new name!)No IPSec IPSecNo multicast MulticastNo router security discussed Firewall routers detailedNo Web Full Web browser HTML considerationNo IPv6 IPv6 overviewFew configuration details More configuration details (ie, SSH, SSL, MPLS, ATM/FR consideration, wireless LANS, OSPF and BGP routing protocols
Key Features
- New Modern Approach to Popular Topic
Adopts the popular Stevens approach and modernizes it, giving the reader insights into the most up-to-date network equipment, operating systems, and router vendors. - Shows and Tells
Presents an illustrated explanation of how TCP/IP works with consistent examples from a real, working network configuration that includes servers, routers, and workstations, allowing the reader to follow the discussion with unprecedented clarity and precision. - Over 330 Illustrations
True to the title, there are 330 diagrams, screen shots, topology diagrams, and a unique repeating chapter opening diagram to reinforce concepts - Based on Actual Networks
A complete and modern network was assembled to write this book, with all the material coming from real objects connected and running on the network, bringing the real world, not theory, into sharp focus.
Readership
Network administrators, operators, engineers, architects and managers as well as other profssionals from the technical community needing a networking overview, i.e., chip designers, telco engineers, software engineers CTOs, etc. Secondary market as student text in lower-level course offerings in computer networking, i.e., tech school and community college.
Table of Contents
- 1 Protocols and Layers
2 TCP/IP Protocols and Devices
3 Network Technologies
4 IPv4 and IPv6 Addressing
5 Resolution Protocol
6 IPv4 and IPv6 Headers
7 ICMP
8 Routing
9 Forwarding IP Packets
10 User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
11 TCP
12 Multiplexing and Sockets
13 Routing and Peering
14 IGPs: RIP, OSPF, and IS-IS
15 BGP
16 Multicast
17 IP Switching and Convergence
18 DHCP
19 DNS: The Domain Name System
20 FTP
21 SMTP and Email
22 HTTP
23 Securing Sockets with SSL
24 SNMP
25 SSH (Remote Access)
26 MPLS-based VPNs
27 NAT
28 Firewalls
29 IPSec
30 Voice over IP
Product details
- No. of pages: 832
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Morgan Kaufmann 2008
- Published: November 25, 2008
- Imprint: Morgan Kaufmann
- eBook ISBN: 9780080923222
- Hardcover ISBN: 9780123745415
About the Author
Walter Goralski
Walter Goralski has worked in the telecommunications and networking industry all his professional life. He has worked with and programmed WANs, LANs, and inter-vendor communications systems. He has been a programmer, project manager, communications cabling specialist, consultant, course developer, technical trainer, and university professor at the graduate level. He joined Juniper Networks in 2000 after 8 years as a technical trainer and currently holds the title of Technical Lead in the Information and Learning Experience department. Goralski is the author of 15 books about networking technologies.
Affiliations and Expertise
Technical Lead, Juniper Networks, USA