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From: rich@RICE.EDU (Richard Murphey)
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Subject: TCP/IP references
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Date: 6 Oct 88 00:51:00 GMT
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take it from another novice, the book you want is:

"Internetworking with TCP/IP: principles, protocols, and
architecture," by Douglas Comer, published by Prentice Hall in 1988.

The reasons I liked the book can be stated plainly:
1) It builds on concepts with a gentle approach, starting with
the lowest layers (ARP and IP) and builds through TCP
to the higher layers (Telnet and FTP).

2) The appendix is great! It is almost 100 pages and covers
most of what you need to start using sockets in your own programs.
See appendix 1, 4.3 BSD UNIX interface to the internet protocols,
which includes an example `whois' client you can write.

3) It also has a good index and bibliography. Overall the organization
of the book is what makes it so useful. Let's put it this way: Kernihan
and Richie is a great C language book, but not much of a reference.
This book is both an introduction and a reference.


The book is $36. list and well worth it.

Enjoy!
richard

Richard Murphey, Electrical & Computer Engineering Department
Rice University P.O.Box1892 Houston,TX 77251 713-527-8101 X3649
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