Linux Network Administrator's Guide, Second Edition

by Olaf Kirch and Terry Dawson

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Kirch, Olaf.
Linux network administrator's guide / Olaf Kirch & Terry Dawson.--2nd ed.
p. cm.
Rev. ed. of: Linux system administration, 1999.
ISBN: 1-56592-400-2
1. Linux. 2. Operating systems (Computers) I. Dawson, Terry. II. Kirch, Olaf. Linux
system administration. III. Title.

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