5.2 Preparation

To be able to understand and apply the concepts in this chapter, you should be familiar with the basic concepts and mechanisms of performance (e.g., quality of service [QoS]), security and privacy, network management, and routing and addressing. Some recommended sources of information include:

Internet QoS: Architectures and Mechanisms for Quality of Service, by Zheng Wang, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, March 2001
Designing Quality of Service Solutions for the Enterprise, by Eric D. Siegel, John Wiley & Sons, October 1999
The CERT(R) Guide to System and Network Security Practices, by Julia H. Allen, Addison-Wesley Publishing, June 2001
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), STD 0015,^[1] by J. D. Case, M. Fedor, M. L. Schoffstall, C. Davin, May 1990
Routing in the Internet, by Christian Huitema, Prentice Hall, January 2000

^[1]All Internet Engineering Task Force requests for comments and STDs can be found at www.ietf.org.