Windows Networking Tools

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IntroductIon

is chapter is a guide to the contents of this book, allowing readers to

preview what is to come. Because this book is focused upon Windows

networking tools and the use of the Internet is the primary method

associated with networking, we first turn our attention to obtaining

an appreciation for the TCP/IP protocol suite, which can be consid-

ered the glue that binds the Internet together. In briefly examining

the composition of this protocol suite, we primarily focus our atten-

tion upon gaining an appreciation for existing and emerging applica-

tions as well as discuss some of the problems associated with some

applications. In later chapters we significantly enmesh ourselves in the

details of the protocol suite; however, as an in ...