Tcp/IP Illustrated, Volume 3: TCP for Transactions, Http, Nntp, and the Unix Domain Protocols

By Christian Soize

Book Overview

"TCP/IP Illustrated," an ongoing series covering the many facets of TCP/IP, brings a highly-effective visual approach to learning about this networking protocol suite. "TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 2" contains a thorough explanation of how TCP/IP protocols are implemented. There isn't a more practical or up-to-date bookothis volume is the only one to cover the de facto standard implementation from the 4.4BSD-Lite release, the foundation for TCP/IP implementations run daily on hundreds of thousands of systems worldwide. Combining 500 illustrations with 15,000 lines of real, working code, "TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 2" uses a teach-by-example approach to help you master TCP/IP implementation. You will learn about such topics as the relationship between the sockets API and the protocol suite, and the differences between a host implementation and a router. In addition, the book covers the newest features of the 4.4BSD-Lite release, including multicasting, long fat pipe support, window scale, timestamp options, and protection against wrapped sequence numbers, and many other topics. Comprehensive in scope, based on a working standard, and thoroughly illustrated, this book is an indispensable resource for anyone working with TCP/IP.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0134457102
• ISBN13: 9780134457109
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.3" x 9.2"