| The books in the Sams Teach Yourself series are designed to help you learn a topic in a few easy and accessible sessions. Sams Teach Yourself TCP/IP in 24 Hours, Third Edition is divided into six parts. Each part brings you a step closer to mastering the goal of proficiency in TCP/IP. Part I, "TCP/IP Basics," introduces you to TCP/IP and the TCP/IP protocol stack. Part II, "The TCP/IP Protocol System," takes a close look at each of TCP/IP's protocol layers: the Network Access, Internet, Transport, and Application layers. You'll learn about IP addressing and subnetting, as well as physical networks and application services. You'll also learn about the protocols that operate at each of TCP/IP's layers. Part III, "Networking with TCP/IP," describes some of the devices, services, and utilities necessary for supporting TCP/IP networks. You'll learn about routing and network hardware, DHCP, and DNS. Part IV, "TCP/IP Utilities," introduces some of the common utilities used to configure, manage, and troubleshoot TCP/IP networks. You'll learn about Ping, Netstat, FTP, Telnet, and other network utilities. Part V, "TCP/IP and the Internet," describes the world's largest TCP/IP network: the Internet. You'll learn about the structure of the Internet. You'll also learn about HTTP, HTML, XML, and email. Hour 19, "What Hackers Do," describes some common Internet attacks and discusses how to protect your network from intruders. Part VI, "Advanced Topics," describes TCP/IP security and discusses the network management protocols RMON and SNMP. You'll also learn about wireless networks, the new IP version 6 standard, and some of the new gadgets and services that will populate the Internet of tomorrow. Part VI ends with a case study showing how the components of TCP/IP interact in a real working environment.
The concepts in this book, like TCP/IP itself, are independent of a system and descend from the standards defined in Internet Requests for Comment (RFCs). |
