TCP/IP Network Interconnection - (Volume I) Principles, Protocols, and Architecture (5th Edition) (English Edition)

Author: Douglas Comer
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Publish Date: 2006-11-01
Features: "With the continuous development of voice and data networks, understanding the Internet has become one of the most important topics for communication engineers in the 21st century. Comer's classic 5th edition remains an outstanding guide." — Dr. Vinton Cerf, Senior Vice President of Technology Strategy at MCI, one of the inventors of TCP/IP "This is the best TCP/IP book I've ever read. Dr. Comer clearly explains complex ideas with excellent diagrams and concise explanations. Through the new 5th edition, Dr. Comer has kept this classic textbook up-to-date." — John Lin, Bell Labs "Comer's new work in 2005 once again surpasses the peak, and it provides a brilliant exposition on emerging technologies such as VoIP, RSS, and MPLS, making this substantial masterpiece highly readable." — Paul Mockapetris, inventor of the Domain Name System (DNS) Douglas Comer's TCP/IP Internetworking offers a clear and easy-to-understand description of the protocols and technologies used on the Internet, benefiting professionals for generations. Now, Comer has comprehensively updated the first volume of his classic work, shifting the focus to the most widely used Internet protocols and technologies today, especially those whose importance is rapidly increasing. The 5th edition continues the explanatory approach of previous editions. Comer meticulously explains the fundamental concepts and mechanisms of network interconnection, illustrating how networks form a unified communication system. He clearly introduces the design principles of network interconnection, their purposes, and impacts. The 5th edition has been substantially revised in the following aspects: a completely new discussion of MPLS, IP switching, and real-time services (especially VoIP); a new chapter added to discuss traffic management, queues, and scheduling; an update to the discussion of Internet security and firewalls, including the underlying technology of stateful firewalls; an update to the introduction of IPSec network design, IP routing, and the new IPv6 features; a systematic introduction to private network interconnection through NAT and VPN; improvements to the introduction of CIDR addressing with new examples emphasizing modern hardware; and an update to the discussion of TCP, including selective acknowledgment (SACK), explicit congestion notification (ECN), and the fast retransmit mechanism.