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A solid foundational tome and good reference. Author explains a lot of why's and his history lessons just capture the essence without boring frills.

The information is easily accessible, informative and comprehensive. Key concepts are highlighted and set apart from the general text. This allows the newbies to concentrate on the earlier chapters for each topic.

The tcp/ip guide is a huge reference book (1616 pages). The discussion of tcp windowing in chapters 46 and 49 is also great, and all four of the pages that make up chapter 86 on gopher are simply a delight to read. It is much more comprehensive than o...  Read More

It weighs more than my laptop and you will tire of schlepping it around. I am in it (dev/sys eng) and i like the low-level details of how stuff works.

It includes an overview and comparison of tcp and udp and discusses establishing connections, management and termination of tcp.

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Another high quality publication from nostarch press


If you are looking into networking cybersecurity or you just need to get really familiar with the mechanics behind networking t...  Read More

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    great, still, subject, written and comprehensive.
  • Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
  • Our engine has determined that the review content quality is high and informative.
  • Our engine has detected that Amazon has altered, modified or removed reviews from this listing. We approximate total reviews altered up to 1.
  • Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
  • This product had a total of 240 reviews as of our last analysis date on Mar 21 2023.

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    Charles was being awfully modest


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    Calling this cyclopedia a guide is like calling the atlantic ocean a pond


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    There is little if nothing at all that is left out in this book


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    Only thing is though the fundamentals are there this is a book published in 2005 which is pretty ancient by tech standards


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    So some of the protocols mentioned are outdated maybe obsolete for today


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    I think that’s something to consider


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The basics of tcpip have not changed 99 of all internet traffic still routes as ipv4


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    Those are two qualities you quite rarely see in a technical guide

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