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MCSE: Implementing and Supporting Microsoft Proxy Server 2.0
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Author: Kostya Ryvkin, Dave Houde, Tim Hoffman
List Price: $49.99
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ISBN: 0130112488
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR (30 August, 1999)
Edition: Hardcover
Sales Rank: 19,661
Average Customer Rating: 4.17 out of 5
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Customer ReviewsRating: 4 out of 5
A very good book for proxy.
After looking for a good proxy 2 book and looking through many books to find the right one, I ended up using this book. As other reviewers have commented, this book is a little more geared for the person working with the product day to day. It gives you a good grasp of proxy. I used it as a certification book, and it was also pretty good in conjunction with other material that I used...namely transcenders. Proxy is a big subject and there are a lot of things to cover. This book covered them well, but it could be longer. Actually most of the books out there on proxy could be longer too. The writing of the authors could be a little bit better. Give me a little more narrative in parts before jumping to the technical details right off. Other readers may prefer jumping right to the details right away though. The bottom line though is that this is a very good book that didn't leave anything out. If there was a better answer and question section, it would get a five.
Rating: 5 out of 5
I am already using this book for my job and for the exam.
About three weeks ago I was tasked with setting up a proxy server. Being this was the first time ever doing this I was a bit nervous. I tried to get help on the phone and was unsuccessful, I open this book and within fours hours I had the proxy server up and running. Learning about the server layout and services as well as what goes into the planning of the server was the first real exposure to proxy server. I then read and read the section on installation and administration. Other topics I looked were packet filtering, setting up multiple servers on the LAN and the client installs, having proxy server and exchange server work together, how and what to monitor, how to optimize the server and there was even a section pertaining to the troubleshooting of the server. Overall this book has been a big help to so far. Also included is a cd rom with practice question should you decide to take the MCP certification.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Not bad, but don't rely on it
The book was a good read. It really explains the whole deal but only in a practical sense. You will get a good understanding of Proxy but if you are looking to pass 70-088, you will need more than the book. There are topics on the test that are not covered in the book and it would be in anybodys best interest to use multiple sources to study. I used the book, Technet documents and Transcenders (as a study guide, DONT JUST LEARN THE QUESTIONS). By using multiple study sources the test is relatively easy. I got an 867. In taking sample questions, I studied the subjects that I was weak in. I found many topics missing from the book. Good luck to all
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