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From: philipp@LARRY.MCRCIM.MCGILL.EDU (Philip A. Prindeville)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: Davidson's book vs. Comer's book
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Date: 17 May 88 04:55:05 GMT
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>>is why I turned to Comer's book. Comer's book is MUCH better although some
>>of the chapters (specifically those dealing with routing) didn't feel right.
>>This is probably my fault and I intend to reread the whole book a second time.

>No, I felt the same way.  The chapter on routing is too brief and left
>me wanting more.  We need still one more book that tackles some of the
>issues Comer left too briefly treated.  Maybe it's too soon.  For now,
>it's back to the RFCs and IDEAs.

I enjoyed Doug's book also, and thought the "Hints to Implementors"
was a great idea (there should be a 10 Most Deadly Sins RFC [like don't
forward MAC broadcast packets, for instance]).  The routing was a little
thin, however.  A novice might not really see the significance of the
extra-hop problem, and the EGP description was too short.  And even
though EGP-3 is still a moving target, a separate chapter about that
(maybe talking about LANDMARK and Dissimilar Gateway Protocol) would
be good.  To be sure, though, it was an very good book.

-Philip