The Internet Peering Playbook: Connecting to the Core of the Internet

by William B. Norton

Bridges the gap between routing algorithms, technology, and protocol, and the practical reality of the core infrastructure of the Internet. Illuminates strategies and aspects of the culture and nature of Internet Exchange Points.

360 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 21, 2011

Reviews

[Jason]

So far: Very interesting, in the context of core vs. periphery, geography, access to information, and ideas of decentralized control. The Internet is supposed to be open and available to all, a smorgasbord of information, where equality of access is supposed to be ubiquitous. On the one hand, I have studied networking protocols, algorithms, and topology for over 12 years, on the other hand, an intuitive perception of how the core players interconnect and manage the infrastructure operates on leaps and assumptions. I expect, by the reviews and the first dozen pages or so, that this book may help to bridge that practical gap, and offer some insights as to converging the practical micro-level details with a more accurate and informed conception of the core structure.