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Unix Internetworking
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Author: Uday O. Pabrai, Uday O. Ali Pabrai
List Price: $69.00
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ISBN: 089006685X
Publisher: Artech House (May, 1993)
Edition: Hardcover
Sales Rank: 2,536,717
Average Customer Rating: 3 out of 5
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Customer ReviewsRating: 1 out of 5
hard to read and out of date
Not only has this book aged significantly since it was released but it was extremely hard to read and not even 100% accurate. Even if this book were technically outstanding I would not recommend it as it doesn't appear to have ever been proof read for spelling and grammer or technical accuracy.It tends to jump from subject to subject without a smooth transition and some things appear to have been including for little or no reason, almost as though any tidbit of knowledge that the author had available was shoved in some place whether it was relevant to the book or not. This book certainly isn't worth the asking price!
Rating: 5 out of 5
A very good book for beginners and experts.
The author starts by giving some basic ideas about unix including signals, "special" files, etc. He then progressively goes into the heart of the book, namely internetworking. The big chap. 2~(70 pages) describes the basics of network technology and most popular protocols~(recalling one of the milestone events in the field of networks, ie. the 7-layer OSI model). Chap. 3 gives a detailed image of networks-related topics in the Unix OS. He starts by describing the important network file systems under and the deamons which are in charge of various internetworking processes. This chapter finishes by giving some fundamental commands~(very useful for beginners). Chap.4, 5 and 6 are the jewels of the book. Indeed, after a first falvor given in chap-3, the author goes into a more thorough description of internet-working under Unix which include security and elaborating distributed applications~(Client/Server). The sample programs given in chap-6 give a very good starting point for a beginner. The last chapter is, in my opinion, for network maintainers and aministrators. Good bibliography at the end too.
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