Network Systems Design Using Network Processors: Intel Ixp Version - Hardcover

Comer, Douglas E.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0131417924 ISBN 13: 9780131417922

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 2003

Synopsis

Network System Design Using Network Processors is the right book at the right time. Networking expert Douglas Comer divides this book into four major sections: a quick review of basics and packet header formats; Traditional Protocol Processing Systems; Network Processors - an independent overview of the technology, including motivation, economics, inherent complexities, and various examples of commercial architectures; and Intel's network processor. Network processor complexity is boiled down and simplified by allowing readers to see example code for a commercial processor, detailed explanations on the motivation and economics behind the technology, and a glossary for quick reference. The book's scope includes the concepts, principles, and hardware and software architectures that are the underpinnings of the design and implementation of network systems including routers, bridges, switches, intrusion detection systems, and firewalls - all independent of vendor specifics. An excellent fusion of network processing design principles, current architectures, and architectural directions, it is sure to become the standard text for this field the minute it hits the shelves.

About this title

About the Author

Douglas E. Comer, professor of computer science at Purdue University and Fellow of the ACM, is one of the leading networking authorities. As a member of the Internet Architecture Board, he participated in the formation of the Internet in the late 1970s and 1980s.

Dr. Comer consults with companies on the design and implementation of network systems.

From the Back Cover

This book, broken into four major sections — quick review of basics, packet header formats, etc.; traditional protocol processing systems, network processors, and an example network processor — covers concepts, principles, hardware and software architectures that underly the design and implementation of network systems such as switches, bridges, routers, NAT boxes, firewalls, intrusion, detection systems, and load balancers. Topics covered include how to build network systems, the concepts of classification and classification languages, algorithms and data structures, issues in scaling a network processor and an overview of the Intel network processor. For professionals in the field of computer science, or anyone who has studied basic computer networking.

Edition details

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0131417924
• ISBN 13: 9780131417922
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 544