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Finally, an up-to-date, well-illustrated guide to the TCP/IP protocol suite
 

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User-friendly reference for TCP/IP

Charles M. Kozierok

Finally, there's an up-to-date, well-illustrated guide to the TCP/IP protocol suite - at long last, network professionals, internetworking educators, and students have a comprehensive and user-friendly desk reference for TCP/IP

The TCP/IP protocol suite is the basic framework that underlies all traffic on the modern Internet. Yet despite its importance, network professionals and students have had to rely on the same old reference books for years. "The TCP/IP Guide: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Internet Protocols Reference" (No Starch Press, September '05) fills that void. At over 1600 pages, this new hardcover book is the most complete, up-to-date, well-illustrated, and accessible TCP/IP resource on the market - and it's written in a friendly, readable style not found in most technical volumes.

Packed with over 300 illustrations that explain the finer points of this complex topic, and over 500 tables for easy reference, "The TCP/IP Guide details the core protocols that make TCP/IP internetworks function, as well as the most important classic TCP/IP applications. The book's personal, user-friendly writing style makes plain English of the dozens of protocols and technologies that run the Internet, with full coverage of PPP, ARP, IP, IPv6, IP NAT, IPSec, Mobile IP, ICMP, RIP, BGP, TCP, UDP, DNS, DHCP, SNMP, FTP, SMTP, NNTP, HTTP, Telnet, and much more.

Readers can also look forward to:

• -Complete coverage of IPv6 throughout-the foundation of the next generation of the Internet
• -Thorough coverage of background information on networking for beginners, including a full explanation of the OSI Reference Model
• -A free online version, including full-color diagrams, hyperlinks between topics and a searchable index
• -More complete and illustrative diagrams than any other TCP/IP book

"Unfortunately, even the best-selling TCP/IP books are well out-of-date, with the most recent one having been published in 2000," said Bill Pollock, founder of No Starch Press. "'The TCP/IP Guide' is remarkably well developed, extremely well illustrated, and undeniably complete. It's actually a pleasure, rather than a chore, to read."

Charles M. Kozierok is the author and publisher of The PC Guide (www.PCGuide.com), an extensive online reference work on personal computers, as well as several other educational websites, including "The TCP/IP Guide". He holds master's degrees from MIT in management and in electrical engineering and computer science (EECS), and worked in various technical and managerial roles before dedicating himself full-time to writing and educational pursuits. He lives in rural Vermont with his wife and three sons.

The TCP/IP Guide: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Internet Protocols Reference by Charles M. Kozierok. September 2005, 1648 pp., $79.95. Available at fine bookstores everywhere, Amazon, or directly from No Starch Press (www.nostarch.com, orders@nostarch.com, 800.420.7240).

ABOUT NO STARCH PRESS: Founded in 1994, No Starch Press publishes the finest in geek entertainment - unique books on technology, with a focus on Open Source, security, hacking, programming, and alternative operating systems. The titles have personality, the authors are passionate, and the books tackle topics that people care about. See www.nostarch.com for more. (And by the way, most No Starch Press books use RepKover, a lay-flat binding that won't snap shut. Geeks love it.)

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