[Gllug] Recommendations

Richard Cottrill richard_c at tpg.com.au
Thu Jan 17 15:48:20 UTC 2002


I was talking to a trainer for my company a while ago. He was faced with a
system administrator who was quite insistent that UDP was a proprietary
protocol; nothing to do with TCP...

I think it's acronym envy; I mean who ever talks about UDP/IP?

Richard

> -----Original Message-----
> From: gllug-admin at linux.co.uk [mailto:gllug-admin at linux.co.uk]On Behalf
> Of Bruce Richardson
> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 3:36 PM
> To: gllug at linux.co.uk
> Subject: Re: [Gllug] Recommendations
>
>
>
> On 1/17/02, 3:22:59 PM, tet at accucard.com wrote regarding Re: [Gllug]
> Recommendations :
>
>
> > >I was wondering if anyone could recommend a decent book on tcp/ip. I am
> > >reasonably familiar with the OSI model so I do not need an introductory
> > >book. I would like the major protocols described like smtp, snmp, udp,
> > >etc. If it goes into *nix specifics then that would suit me as well.
>
> > Unsurprisingly, I'm going to recommend an O'Reilly book:
>
> >       "Internet Core Protocols, The Definitive Guide"
> >       by Eric A. Hall, ISBN: 1-56592-572-6
>
> I second that.  Good book.  Wish my colleagues would read it (one of them
> asked me what UDP is, the other day).
>
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>
> Bruce
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