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Get the in-depth technical details you need to support TCP/IP on the Windows Server 2003 platform with this comprehensive reference. Combining concepts with real-world packet examples, it steps layer by layer through the TCP/IP protocols and services that Windows Server 2003 supports to help you understand how they work and how theyre implemented in the operating system. With the latest information about Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP), Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS), IP Security (IPSec), and Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), its a must-read for any technical professional who works with Windows Server 2003 and TCP/IP.

Includes details about these protocols and services:

• Network Interface layer protocols: Local area network (LAN) and wide area network (WAN) encapsulations , Address Resolution Protocol (ARP), and PPP
• Internet layer protocols: Internet Protocol (IP) basics, addressing, and routing; Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP); Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP); and an overview of Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6)
• Transport layer protocols: User Datagram Protocol (UDP), Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) basics, TCP connections, TCP data flow, and TCP retransmission and time-out
• Application layer protocols and services: Dynamic Host configuration Protocol (DHCP), Domain Name System (DNS), Windows Internet Name Service (WINS), file and printer sharing, RADIUS and Internet Authentication Service (IAS), Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) and the Internet protocols, IPSec, and VPNs

About the Authors

Joseph Davies is a Program manager for Content Development on the Networking and Communications team in the Windows product group of Microsoft Corporation. He has been a technical writer about and instructor of TCP/IP and networking technology topics for 10 years . He has written Windows product documentation and Resource Kit chapters about TCP/IP, routing, remote access, virtual private networking, Intetnet Authentication Service, IPSec, and IPv6. Most recently, he has written many white papers about IEEE 802.11 wireless deployment IPv6, and Windows XP home networking. He is the author of the online monthly TechNet Cable Guy column. In addition, he is co-author of Microsoft Windows 2000 TECPIP Protocols and Services Technical Reference and author of Understanding IPv6 , both published by Microsoft Press.

Thomas Lee is a Chief Technologist at QA, a leading provider of IT and personal development training in the United Kingdom. After graduating with a BS in Computer Problem Solving from Carnegie Mellon University, he worked on two successful operating system projects (Comshares Commander II and ICLs VME) before joining Andersen Consulting in 1981 as a manager in the London office. He spent 15 years as an independent consultant and joined QA in 2002. He is also Windows Editor for ESM Magazine . He is a Fellow of the British Computer Society as well as a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE), Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), and Microsoft Valued Professional (MVP).