TCP/IP Network Administration: Help for Unix System Administrators - Softcover

Hunt, Craig

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0596002971 ISBN 13: 9780596002978

Publisher: O'Reilly Media, 2002

Synopsis

This complete guide to setting up and running a TCP/IP network is essential for network administrators, and invaluable for users of home systems that access the Internet. The book starts with the fundamentals -- what protocols do and how they work, how addresses and routing are used to move data through the network, how to set up your network connection -- and then covers, in detail, everything you need to know to exchange information via the Internet.Included are discussions on advanced routing protocols (RIPv2, OSPF, and BGP) and the gated software package that implements them, a tutorial on configuring important network services -- including DNS, Apache, sendmail, Samba, PPP, and DHCP -- as well as expanded chapters on troubleshooting and security. TCP/IP Network Administration is also a command and syntax reference for important packages such as gated, pppd, named, dhcpd, and sendmail.With coverage that includes Linux, Solaris, BSD, and System V TCP/IP implementations, the third edition contains:

• Overview of TCP/IP
• Delivering the data
• Network services
• Getting startedM
• Basic configuration
• Configuring the interface
• Configuring routing
• Configuring DNS
• Configuring network servers
• Configuring sendmail
• Configuring Apache
• Network security
• Troubleshooting
• Appendices include dip, ppd, and chat reference, a gated reference, a dhcpd reference, and a sendmail reference

This new edition includes ways of configuring Samba to provide file and print sharing on networks that integrate Unix and Windows, and a new chapter is dedicated to the important task of configuring the Apache web server. Coverage of network security now includes details on OpenSSH, stunnel, gpg, iptables, and the access control mechanism in xinetd. Plus, the book offers updated information about DNS, including details on BIND 8 and BIND 9, the role of classless IP addressing and network prefixes, and the changing role of registrars.Without a doubt, TCP/IP Network Administration, 3rd Edition is a must-have for all network administrators and anyone who deals with a network that transmits data over the Internet.

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Review

This book will be indispensable to Unix system administrators. It describes how to set up and administer a network of Unix systems using the TCP/IP protocols, taking a thoroughly practical approach. Topics covered include basic system configuration, routing, common network applications, and many others.

From the Publisher

TCP/IP Network Administration is a complete guide to setting up and running a TCP/IP network for administrators of networks of systems or users of home systems that access the Internet. It starts with the fundamentals: what the protocols do and how they work, how to request a network address and a name (the forms needed are included in an appendix), and how to set up your network. Beyond basic setup, the book discusses how to configure important network applications, including sendmail, the r* commands, and some simple setups for NIS and NFS. There are also chapters on troubleshooting and security. In addition, this book covers several important packages that are available from the Net (such as gated). Contents include: Overview of TCP/IP Delivering the data Name service concepts Getting started Basic configuration Configuring the interface Configuring routing Configuring DNS name service Network applications sendmail Troubleshooting TCP/IP Network security Other sources of information Appendixes include: network contacts, forms, a gated reference, named reference Covers BSD and System V TCP/IP implementations.

Edition details

• Publisher: O'Reilly Media
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0596002971
• ISBN 13: 9780596002978
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 746