TCP/IP Tutorial and Technical Overview Paperback - 1999 - 6th Edition

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The easy-to-read best-seller, completely updated for the latest in network technology! For years, professionals have trusted IBMs redbooks to bring them practical, comprehensive information on the most recent technology. Building on this tradition of excellence, TCP/IP Tutorial and Technical Overview offers uniquely detailed coverage of all aspects of TCP/IP architecture, protocols, and product implementations. This new edition includes thorough treatments of such new technologies as multimedia, virtual private networks, differential services, and IPv6. In addition, it retains the redbooks special focus on IBM systems, with a view toward using them in heterogeneous network solutions. Like other redbooks, TCP/IP Tutorial and Technical Overview is written by a group of experts from IBMs ITSO. These practicing engineers from around the world work hands-on with new products and systems in the development phase, giving them a wealth of practical expertise they can pass on to you. In this book, they cover such state-of-the-art topics as: * Internet security, including IPSec, VPN, firewalls and SET(191). IP mobility and dynamic IP. IP multicasting and multimedia examples. eCommerce and In