Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!world!bzs From: bzs@world.std.com (Barry Shein) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Re: Definitive TCP, IP, UDP Message-ID: Date: 6 Nov 90 15:07:29 GMT References: <1990Nov6.043559.5133@julius.cs.uiuc.edu> Sender: bzs@world.std.com (Barry Shein) Distribution: comp Organization: The World Lines: 15 In-Reply-To: zweig@cs.uiuc.edu's message of 6 Nov 90 04:35:59 GMT >If I wanted the definitive word on what TCP is, for example, I imagine I could >slog through the list of RFCs and figure out what obsoletes what, print out >all the ones that seem relevant and scratch my head. Is there a document out >there (say an RFC in preparation) that describes exactly how all parts of the >protocol work (RTT calculations, options, etc.)? How about for IP and UDP? Sounds like you want Doug Comer's textbook, "Internetworking with TCP/IP", Prentice-Hall. Should be available at any college bookstore. -- -Barry Shein Software Tool & Die | {xylogics,uunet}!world!bzs | bzs@world.std.com Purveyors to the Trade | Voice: 617-739-0202 | Login: 617-739-WRLD