Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mstar!mstar.morningstar.com!bob From: bob@MorningStar.Com (Bob Sutterfield) Subject: Re: Request for: TCP/IP information... In-Reply-To: geoff@vax1.mankato.msus.edu's message of 17 Apr 91 21:04:32 GMT Message-ID: Sender: usenet@MorningStar.COM (USENET Administrator) Reply-To: bob@MorningStar.Com (Bob Sutterfield) Organization: Morning Star Technologies References: <1991Apr17.150433.477@vax1.mankato.msus.edu> Date: Thu, 18 Apr 91 11:22:43 GMT Lines: 235 In article <1991Apr17.150433.477@vax1.mankato.msus.edu> geoff@vax1.mankato.msus.edu writes: Send me any information you might have on the TCP/IP standard. Here's the current revision of a "suggested reading" list we tossed together. On paper, it fills a conveniently-sized notebook that can be left on a client's reference shelf, so they aren't such a continuing presence on the support telephone lines. .\" Feed me to troff -ms .TL A Reading List for the New Internet User and Administrator .AU Compiled by Robert A. Sutterfield .I bob@morningstar.com .R .AI Morning Star Technologies 1760 Zollinger Rd Columbus, Ohio 43221 +1 614 451 1883 .ds CH A Reading List for the New Internet User and Administrator .PP We recommend that newly-connected Internet users and administrators become familiar with the contents of the following documents, some themselves reading lists: .IP \(bu 2 .B RFC 1180: A TCP/IP Tutorial .R by T. Socolofsky and C. Kale (1991, 28 pps.) .IP \(bu 2 .B Introduction to the Internet Protocols .R by Charles L. Hedrick (1987, 27 pps.) .IP \(bu 2 .B RFC 1206: Answers to Commonly asked "New Internet User" Questions .R by G. Malkin and A. Marine (1991, 32 pps.) .IP \(bu 2 .B RFC 1207: Answers to Commonly asked "Experienced Internet User" Questions .R by G. Malkin, A. Marine, and J. Reynolds (1991, 15 pps.) .IP \(bu 2 .B RFC 1208: A Glossary of Networking Terms .R by O. Jacobsen and D. Lynch (1991, 18 pps.) .IP \(bu 2 .B RFC 1173: Responsibilities of host and network managers: A summary of the "oral tradition" of the Internet. .R by J. VanBokkelen (1990, 5 pps.) .IP \(bu 2 .B Introduction to Administration of an Internet-based Local Network .R by Charles L. Hedrick (1988, 46 pps.) .IP \(bu 2 .B RFC 1118: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Internet .R by Ed Krol (1989, 24pps.) .IP \(bu 2 .B Internetworking with TCP/IP \*- Principles, Protocols, and Architecture .R by Douglas Comer (1988, Prentice-Hall, 261 pps. plus 5 appendices, bibliography, and index; ISBN 0-13-470154-2) The first three chapters of this textbook are of particular value to beginners. Comer should be available at any good technical bookstore. A second edition is rumored nearly ready for publication. .IP \(bu 2 .B RFC 1175: A bibliography of internetworking information .R by K. L. Bowers (1990, 42 pps.) .IP \(bu 2 .B Network Manager's Reading List: TCP/IP, UNIX, and Ethernet .R by Charles Spurgeon (1990, 27 pps.) .bp .PP We also recommend that the following be kept available for convenient reference: .IP \(bu 2 .B Improving The Security Of Your UNIX System .R by David A. Curry (1990, 51 pps.) .IP \(bu 2 .B RFC Index: Citations for the Internet Requests For Comment. .R (continuously updated by the Network Information Center) .IP \(bu 2 .B RFC 822: Standard for the format of ARPA Internet text messages .R by David Crocker (1982, 47 pps.) .IP \(bu 2 .B RFC 1035: Domain Names \*- Implementation and Specification .R by Paul Mockapetris (1987, 55 pps.) .IP \(bu 2 .B A Brief Tutorial on Sendmail Rules .R attributed to Charles L. Hedrick (1985, 16Kb). .IP \(bu 2 .B RFC 1036: Standard for interchange of USENET messages .R by Mark Horton and Rick Adams (1987, 19 pps.) .IP \(bu 2 .B RFC 977: Network News Transfer Protocol .R by Brian Kantor and Phil Lapsley (1986, 27 pps.) .IP \(bu 2 .B RFC 1129: Internet time synchronization: The Network Time Protocol .R by Dave Mills (1989, 27 pps.) .IP \(bu 2 .B RFC 1122: Requirements for Internet Hosts \*- Communications Layers. .R (1989, 116 pps.) .IP \(bu 2 .B RFC 1123: Requirements for Internet Hosts \*- Application and Support. .R (1989, 98 pps.) .IP \(bu 2 .B RFC 1200: IAB Official Protocol Standards .R (1991, 31 pps.) .IP \(bu 2 .B RFC 1087: Ethics and the Internet. .R (1989, 2pps.) .IP \(bu 2 .B RFC 1178: Choosing a Name for Your Computer .R by D. Libes (1990, 8 pps.) .IP \(bu 2 .B Inter-Network Mail Guide .R by John J. Chew et al (1990 and 1991, 20 Kb) .IP \(bu 2 .B USENET Software: History and Sources .R by Gene Spafford (1991, 15 Kb) .IP \(bu 2 .B List of Active Newsgroups .R by Gene Spafford (1991, 37 Kb) .IP \(bu 2 .B Netiquette Guides: .R .RS .IP \(bu 2 .B Rules for posting to Usenet .R by Mark Horton (1990, 9Kb) .IP \(bu 2 .B Emily Postnews Answers Your Questions on Netiquette .R by Brad Templeton (1990, 15Kb) .IP \(bu 2 .B A Primer on How to Work With the Usenet Community .R by Chuq Von Rospach (1991, 18Kb) .IP \(bu 2 .B Hints on writing style for Usenet .R by A. Jeff Offutt VI (1991, 4Kb) .RE .\" Local Variables: .\" mode: electric-nroff .\" compile-command: "groff -ms -TX75 mst-reading-list.ms" .\" End: