TCP/IP Illustrated: The Implementation, Vol. 2

by W. Richard Stevens, W. Richard Stevens

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.

Genres: Programming, Computer Science, Technology, Technical, Computers, Reference, Science

1174 pages, Hardcover

First published January 31, 1995

About the author

William Richard (Rich) Stevens was a Northern Rhodesia–born American author of computer science books, in particular books on Unix and TCP/IP.

Reviews

[Sofie Giocante · Rating 5 out of 5]

A must to read for any software developer! It simply will change the way you think about programming, making you WRITE much faster, scalable, and better applications than ever.

[TK Keanini · Rating 5 out of 5]

Volume 1 was all about the protocols, Volume 2 is about the implementation. As you could imagine, the level just under the protocol discussion in Volume 1 would be the libraries, functions, and systems calls related to the protocol. Oh, and don't forget the structs you need to make it all happen.

I cut my teeth on BSD so this book is still something I cherish.

[Maggie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love this thread! I am always so worried about spoiling the book that my reviews are usually just a few sentences and basically pointless. lol Thanks for all of your input!

[Russ · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is a good reference, but it's treatment of multicast, which was totally skipped in v.1, is somewhat sparse.

[Pete · Rating 5 out of 5]

This my view is the definitive book on TCP/IP implementation. Volume 1 covers how the IP and TCP and UDP protocols work, this volume covers how the protocol is implemented.

[Gustavo Rojas ibañez]

ok....

[Kurt · Rating 4 out of 5]

compulsory reading to work on the internet.