TCP/IP Network Administration

By Craig Hunt
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Pages: 502
ISBN 10: 0-937175-82-X | ISBN 13: 9780937175828

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A complete guide to setting up and running a TCP/IP network for practicing system administrators. TCP/IP Network Administration covers setting up your network, configuring important network applications including sendmail, and issues in troubleshooting and security. It covers both BSD and System V TCP/IP implementations.
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TCP/IP Network Administration is a complete guide to setting up and running a TCP/IP network for administrators of networks of systems or users of home systems that access the Internet. It starts with the fundamentals: what the protocols do and how they work, how to request a network address and a name (the forms needed are included in an appendix), and how to set up your network. Beyond basic setup, the book discusses how to configure important network applications, including sendmail, the r* commands, and some simple setups for NIS and NFS. There are also chapters on troubleshooting and security. In addition, this book covers several important packages that are available from the Net (such as gated). Contents include:
  • Overview of TCP/IP
  • Delivering the data
  • Name service concepts
  • Getting started
  • Basic configuration
  • Configuring the interface
  • Configuring routing
  • Configuring DNS name service
  • Network applications
  • sendmail
  • Troubleshooting TCP/IP
  • Network security
  • Other sources of information
  • Appendixes include: network contacts, forms, a gated reference, named reference
Covers BSD and System V TCP/IP implementations.

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Media reviews "The TCP/IP protocols form the fundamental structure that connects most UNIX-based networks together. In particular, the international Internet network relies on TCP/IP for its communications.

"While the literature on UNIX is vast, one of the problems that always confronts systems administrators and managers sooner or later is that of connectivity, and specific guidance in this area is sparse.

"This book is designed to fill this gap...and does so very well indeed. Instead of merely giving a list of UNIX commands and functions to perform various tasks (which can be found in any UNIX systems reference), the book gives a comprehensive background of the technology and principles underlying TCP/IP before introducing the various UNIX utilities based on the system. This is of particular value to technically-oriented staff who would like to know a little more about what is actually going on....

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