Big Book of Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) RFCs (The Big Books Series)

Border Gateway Protocol defines how backbone routing (i.e., routing on a line carrying data gathered from smaller lines) is carried out on the Internet or large intranets/extranets. BGP differs from its alternatives in that it is an industrial-strength routing protocol suitable for use in high-bandwidth backbone environments. Soon, all non-local Internet traffic will be routed via BGP, and, as intranets/extranets become more complex, BGP will become even more important in the corporate environment. Indeed, this transition is already in progress, and engineers are scrambling for precisely the sort of in-depth, reliable information on BGP that this volume provides.

Key Features
* You may be able to read these specifications online, but if you want to read them while away from your computer, you must print them out; to share them with a coworker, you must print them out; to take notes, you must print them out
* Rather than wading through countless RFCs, readers will quickly and easily access just what they're looking for, in a single book with an extensive index; This book presents a comprehensive collection of topic-specific documentation, providing all of the relevant RFCs, and eliminating the irrelevant
* The author's introduction and glossary ensures that all terms are defined and that context is provided to the reader
* This material that has never before been collected and indexed; A high-quality index means that readers no longer have to search through dozens of documents to find answers - all answers are included in a single book, and you can easily access just what you're looking for in the extensive index

Pete Loshin writes and consults about Internet protocols and open source network technologies. Formerly on staff at BYTE Magazine, Information Security Magazine and other publications, his work appears regularly in leading trade publications and websites including CPU, Computerworld, PC Magazine, EarthWeb, Internet.com, and CNN. Pete Loshin, Independent Consultant