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Date: Wed, 06 Jul 1994 12:52:14 MDT
From: Rob Slade <roberts@decus.ca>
Subject: Book Review: "TCP/IP Network Administration" by Hunt
BKTCPADM.RVW 940328
O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
103 Morris Street, Suite A
Sebastopol, CA 95472
800-998-9938 707-829-0515
fax: 707-829-0104
info@ora.com or nuts@ora.com
"TCP/IP Network Administration", Hunt, 1992, 0-937175-82-X
The growth of the Internet, in terms of the number of computers
connected, has been doubling each year for at least the last ten.
This means that in this coming year about three million computers will
get connected, and in the year following, approximately six million.
This growth cannot continue indefinitely. One constraint is the
number of computers in the world, and another is the limit on the
number of numeric Internet IP addresses available. One of the most
important limiting factors, however, is the availability of knowledge
about the connection and configuration of computers to the Internet.
This book addresses this latter problem.
If you are a UNIX system manager, this book is a thorough guide to
configuring an Internet connection. (Even if you are not on the
Internet, it is an excellent overview of the requirements for using
TCP/IP to network your own machines.) For some, the guide may be on
the technical side -- but then, network administration is a formidably
technical task.
The first three chapters discuss the concepts behind TCP/IP, routing,
and the domain name and name service. The next four cover the basics
of connections and configuration. Chapters eight to ten give details
on the primary network services. There are also chapters on
troubleshooting, security and appendices, including Internet service
contacts, and the various application forms for registration.
If you are not working in UNIX, many of the low level specifics will
not be of much use. Many of the items, however, can either be used as
rough outlines, or adapted to non-UNIX systems. Many programs may be
different, but a lot of the structure, data and concepts will be the
same.
For those charged with the practical details of bringing a system into
the Internet, this book is uniquely helpful.