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Special Edition Using TCP/IP, 2E is the practical guide to applications of TCP/IP, including utilities for operation, troubleshooting, and management, with insight into future applications such as Voice over IP and VPNs. It includes current TCP/IP draft standards and future work planned. Clear illustrations of practical utilities enable the reader to understand both the technology and applications together from a single source. It includes current scaling problems in the Internet like addressing and routing. Both short-term solutions and long-term solutions for these problems are discussed.
Introduction.
1. Introduction to Internetworking and TCP/IP.
Evolution of TCP/IP and the Internet. Internetworking. The Open Systems Interconnection Model. The TCP/IP Reference Model.
Network Interface Layer. The Link Layer. Differences Between SLIP and PPP. Addressing. Address Resolution. Reverse Address Resolution Protocol.
The Internet Layer. Internet Protocol. Format of an IP Datagram. Transmission of Datagrams.
Introduction to ICMP. Role of Hosts and Routers in Fault Isolation. Methods Used by a Host for Fault Isolation. Transmission of ICMP Messages.
Introduction to TCP. The Connection Process. Data Transfer Concepts.
Timeout and Retransmission Concepts. Performance.
Introduction to UDP. Working with UDP.
Introduction to FTP. Trivial File Transfer. Problems in the TFTP Specification. Network File Access.
Telnet Protocol. Rlogin.
Messaging Concepts and SMTP. POP. IMAP. MIME.
Web Fundamentals and HTTP Basics. Components of an HTTP Message. Negotiating Client/Server Capabilities. HTTP Performance. Caching.
Network Management. Components of the SNMP Architecture.
The Need for DNS. Advantages of Using DNS. Naming Conventions Used in DNS. Transfer of DNS Messages. Components and Steps Involved in Name Resolution.
Bootstrap Protocol—An Overview. BOOTP Performance. The BOOTP Message Format. Subfields in the Options Field. Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. DHCP Performance. The DHCP Message Format. Relay Agent.
IP Addressing Schemes. Subnetting. Supernetting.
Routing Concepts. Error Handling.
Introduction to Routing Mechanisms. Evolution of Network Routing Architecture. Routing Algorithms.
Autonomous System Routing Architecture. Introduction to Interior Gateway Protocols.
EGP. BGP.
Fundamentals of Multicasting. Advantages of Multicasting. Implementation of Multicasting. Internet Group Management Protocol. Communication Between Hosts and Routers Using IGMP.
Virtual Private Networks. Network Address Translation.
Introduction to IP Security. The Authentication Header. Outbound and Inbound AH Field Processing. Encapsulated Security Payload. Outbound and Inbound ESP Field Processing. Security Association and Internet Key Exchange.
Introduction to Asynchronous Transfer Mode. ATM Data Transmission Basics. IP Data Transmission Models for ATM.
The Need for Voice Over IP.
An Introduction to IP Mobility. Agent Discovery Process. Registering Care-of Addresses. Mobile IPv6.
IPv6: An Overview. The IPv6 Message Format. IPv6 Extension Headers. IPv6 Addressing.
Introducing Quality of Service. Resource Reservation Protocol. Differentiated Services.
Local Area Networks.
Troubleshooting Utilities.