Aninternationallybest-selling,conceptualintroductiontotheTCP/IPprotocolsandInternetworking,thisbookinterweavesacleardiscussionoffundamentalsandscientificprincipleswithdetailsandexamplesdrawnfromthelatesttechnologies.LeadingauthorDouglasComercoverslayeringandpacketformatsforalltheInternetprotocols,includingTCP,IPv4,IPv6,DHCP,andDNS.Inaddition,thetextexplainsnewtrendsinInternetsystems,includingpacketclassification,SoftwareDefinedNetworking(SDN),andmeshprotocolsusedinTheInternetofThings.
Manyreadershaverequestedthatthetextbeupdatedtoreflectrecentchanges;manyhavesuggestedspecifictopicsandemphasis.Twentyyearsafteritsinvention,IPv6isfinallygainingacceptance.VoiceandvideohavereplacedfiletransferasmajorusesoftheInternet.Thesixtheditionrespondstoreaders’suggestionsbyreorganizingandupdatingexistingchaptersandintroducingnewmaterial:
1.ChaptersontheearlyapplicationsofTelnetandFTPhavebeeneliminatedtomakespacefornewermaterial.
2.AnewchapterontheInternetofThingsconsiderstheuseofTCP/IPinawirelesssensornetwork.
3.AnewchapteronSoftwareDefinedNetworkingexaminestheuseofOpenFlowwhich,althoughisitnotanIETFstandard,hasbecomeanimportantpartofnetworkandInternetmanagement.
4.Thechapteronprotocollayeringhasbeenmovedearlierinthetext.Instructorsarewarned,however,thatlayeringisnotarigidarchitecturethatexplainsallprotocols.Studentsshouldseeitasabasicbutsomewhatsimplisticguidelinethathelpsusunderstandprotocols.InChapter30,forexample,welearnthattheprotocolsforaroute-overmeshblurtheboundariesbetweenlayersbyaddingshimsandblendingIPforwardingwithLayer2reachability.
5.EachchapterhasbeenupdatedtofocusonideasandtechnologiesthatarenowbeingusedintheInternet.
6.ThemostsignificantchangeconsistsofintegratingtheIPv6discussionwiththatofIPv4.Eachchapterdescribesaprinciple,explainsthegeneraldesign,andthenproceedstoexplainhowtheprincipleappliestoIPv4andIPv6.ReaderswillseethatthetwoversionsofIParecloselyinterrelatedandthatitisimpossibletounderstandthechangesintroducedbyIPv6withoutunderstandingIPv4.
ThetextisappropriateforindividualsinterestedinlearningmoreaboutTCP/IPprotocols,Internetarchitecture,andcurrentnetworkingtechnologies,aswellasengineerswhobuildnetworksystems.Itissuitableforjuniortograduate-levelcoursesinComputerNetworks,DataNetworks,NetworkProtocols,andInternetworking.
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