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TCP/IP illustrated (vol. 1): the protocols
TCP/IP illustrated (vol. 1)
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Pages: 576  
Year of Publication: 1993
ISBN:0-201-63346-9
Author
W. Richard Stevens  INTEROP; USENIX
Publisher
Addison-Wesley Longman Publishing Co., Inc.  Boston, MA, USA
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Downloads (6 Weeks): n/a,   Downloads (12 Months): n/a,   Citation Count: 259
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ABSTRACT

TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1 is a complete and detailed guide to the entire TCP/IP protocol suite - with an important difference from other books on the subject. Rather than just describing what the RFCs say the protocol suite should do, this unique book uses a popular diagnostic tool so you may actually watch the protocols in action.By forcing various conditions to occur - such as connection establishment, timeout and retransmission, and fragmentation - and then displaying the results, TCP/IP Illustrated gives you a much greater understanding of these concepts than words alone could provide. Whether you are new to TCP/IP or you have read other books on the subject, you will come away with an increased understanding of how and why TCP/IP works the way it does, as well as enhanced skill at developing aplications that run over TCP/IP.


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"William W. Oblitey : Reviewer"

Recent texts on the Internet have concentrated on describing the various protocols, especially those at the application level, and how they function. Stevens's text takes a different approach, employing protocol diagnostic tools to examine the  more...