TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1: The Protocols (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series (Old Edition))

This book clearly illustrates the important network protocols.

excellent book

Good Book and Nice Delivery... paper quality needs improvement.

Books most of topic in networking. But explanation is no where comparing to classic explanation of Richard Stevens.

Ce livre est tout simplement LA bible du modèle TCP/IP. Tout aussi complet que les RFC mais expliqué de manière pratique et souvent illustré d'exemples. Un must have pour les professionnels et/ou les fans de réseaux. PS: le Volume 2 par contre est complètement imbuvable sans de bonnes bases en programmation C.

This book was a very welcome update of the 1994 first edition, as it was becoming somewhat outdated. The first edition did of course not cover IPv6 as it was published years before the spec was. Now, it goes into great depth on IPv6 and explains it very well. The book still retains Stevens excellent writing style. It is concise, clear and gets to the point quickly. It is filled with examples using either tcpdump or wireshark screen captures, or good illustrations explaining the header structures. The book is over 1000 pages but not wordy, very impressive. Each chapter explains one protocol or concept, TCP being so complex is spread over multiple chapters. One thing I really appreciate with this book is that every chapter includes a section on attacks that has been employed against the protocols. This information is invaluable if you must implement the protocols yourself and makes sure you won't get hit by the same problems as people were in the past. This book is a must have for anyone who works with TCP/IP on a daily basis and/or develops networking software. Even if you work with protocols that are not IP based this book still contains lots of really good ideas that can be reused.

Che dire?! Una vera "bibbia" del TCP/IP.

Heard of this book many many years ago, and couldn't understand it. After 10+ years industry experience, I start to find the real gem inside of this book. It is so interesting and knowledgeable, and still comes with a lot of details. If I can use one word to describle this book, that would be "perfect"!

One of the best books on TCP/IP.