The Illustrated Network How TCPIP Works in a Modern Network

Walter Goralski9780123745415, 0123745411

In 1994, W. Richard Stevens and Addison-Wesley published a networking classic: TCP/IP Illustrated. The model for that book was a brilliant, unfettered approach to networking concepts that has proven itself over time to be popular with readers of beginning to intermediate networking knowledge. The Illustrated Network takes this time-honored approach and modernizes it by creating not only a much larger and more complicated network, but also by incorporating all the networking advancements that have taken place since the mid-1990s, which are many.
This book takes the popular Stevens approach and modernizes it, employing 2008 equipment, operating systems, and router vendors. It presents an ?illustrated? explanation of how TCP/IP works with consistent examples from a real, working network configuration that includes servers, routers, and workstations. Diagnostic traces allow the reader to follow the discussion with unprecedented clarity and precision. True to the title of the book, there are 330+ diagrams and screen shots, as well as topology diagrams and a unique repeating chapter opening diagram. Illustrations are also used as end-of-chapter questions. A complete and modern network was assembled to write this book, with all the material coming from real objects connected and running on the network, not assumptions. Presents a real world networking scenario the way the reader sees them in a device-agnostic world. Doesn’t preach one platform or the other.
Here are ten key differences between the two:
Stevens Goralski’s
Older operating systems (AIX,svr4,etc.) Newer OSs (XP, Linux, FreeBSD, etc.)
Two routers (Cisco, Telebit (obsolete)) Two routers (M-series, J-series)
Slow Ethernet and SLIP link Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, and SONET/SDH links (modern)
Tcpdump for traces Newer, better utility to capture traces (Ethereal, now has
a new name!)
No IPSec IPSec
No multicast Multicast
No router security discussed Firewall routers detailed
No Web Full Web browser HTML consideration
No IPv6 IPv6 overview
Few configuration details More configuration details (ie, SSH, SSL, MPLS, ATM/FR consideration, wireless LANS, OSPF and BGP routing protocols
New Modern Approach to Popular Topic
Adopts the popular Stevens approach and modernizes it, giving the reader insights into the most up-to-date network equipment, operating systems, and router vendors.
Shows and Tells
Presents an illustrated explanation of how TCP/IP works with consistent examples from a real, working network configuration that includes servers, routers, and workstations, allowing the reader to follow the discussion with unprecedented clarity and precision.
Over 330 Illustrations
True to the title, there are 330 diagrams, screen shots, topology diagrams, and a unique repeating chapter opening diagram to reinforce concepts
Based on Actual Networks
A complete and modern network was assembled to write this book, with all the material coming from real objects connected and running on the network, bringing the real world, not theory, into sharp focus.

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Table of contents :
Cover……Page 2
Contents……Page 9
Foreword……Page 23
Preface……Page 25
About the Author……Page 32
Protocols and Layers 1……Page 35
TCP/IP Protocols and Devices 2……Page 79
Network Link Technologies 3……Page 103
IPv4 and IPv6 Addressing 4……Page 141
Address Resolution Protocol 5……Page 175
IPv4 and IPv6 Headers 6……Page 197
Internet Control Message Protocol 7……Page 221
Routing 8……Page 249
Forwarding IP Packets 9……Page 269
User Datagram Protocol 10……Page 291
Transmission Control Protocol 11……Page 311
Multiplexing and Sockets 12……Page 333
Routing and Peering 13……Page 353
IGPs: RIP, OSPF, and IS–IS 14……Page 377
Border Gateway Protocol 15……Page 411
Multicast 16……Page 435
MPLS and IP Switching 17……Page 463
Dynamic Host Conf guration Protocol 18……Page 491
The Domain Name System 19……Page 515
File Transfer Protocol 20……Page 541
SMTP and Email 21……Page 567
Hypertext Transfer Protocol 22……Page 591
Securing Sockets with SSL 23……Page 617
Simple Network Management Protocol 24……Page 641
Secure Shell (Remote Access) 25……Page 665
MPLS-Based Virtual Private Networks 26……Page 691
Network Address Translation 27……Page 713
Firewalls 28……Page 729
IP Security 29……Page 745
Voice over Internet Protocol 30……Page 767
List of Acronyms……Page 789
Bibliography……Page 799
Index……Page 801