On 08-Oct-06 Adam Bower wrote:
[...] Discussed this on irc just yesterday, best book i've ever read on the subject has to be "TCP/IP Illustrated: The Protocols v. 1" by W.Richard Stevens ISBN 0201633469, it was released in 1994, and I read it circa 2000. Don't put the age off, it's a _very_ good book, at least to get started. I've never read the following 2 volumes (one of which isn't by the same author iirc) but I've heard that they are not as good as the first volume, and his other books on Unix programming are very good and still highly respected even if they sound a bit dated.
W. Richard Stevens was famous for the quality of his writings and teaching on Unix (especially networking issues).
He died in 1999 -- see an obituary at
http://dan.drydog.com/6bone/w.richard.stevens.obituary.html
but his resuscitated personal website is still alive:
(it was originally just www.kohala.com). You can see the list of his publications etc. there.
Ted.
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