Internals and Implementation v

Stevens, David L.; Comer, Douglas E.

ISBN 10: 0134653785 / ISBN 13: 9780134653785

Published by Prentice-Hall, 1991

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Synopsis:

This volume extends the concepts discussed in Comer's first volume to show how to implement communication protocols in software. Providing an examination of the internals of TCP/IP protocal software, this volume covers the basic operating system concepts (eg interrupts, processes, semaphores and interprocess communications) and then explains the structure of TCP/IP software in terms of these facilities. The book discusses the protocols in the light of design alternatives, decisions and implementation techniques, contains working source code for most protocols, including ARP, TCP, IP and RIP, reviews an example implementation from a working system, and defines structures, constants and code for procedures and processes in C.

From the Back Cover:

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The Third Edition of this best-seller is a must for anyone working the TCP/IP suite of protocols.

The authors provide an in-depth look at individual TCP/IP protocols in light of design alternatives, implementation techniques with actual ANSI C code, and the internals of protocol software.

This book uses the widely accepted data-mark interpretation of TCP urgent data, a discussion of the consequences is included. Throughout the book the authors use a working system, which they designed and built using ANSI C, to explain the interaction among protocols, the complete implementation process, and the internal structure.

• Reflects changes in the protocol standards and updates the example code to ANSI standard C.
• Contains working source code in ANSI C for most protocols including TCP, IP, ICMP, IGMP, UDP, ARP, RIP, SNMP, and a significant part of OSPF.
• Defines data structures, constants, and code for procedures and processes in ANSI standard C.
• Provides active experimentation with a working TCP/IP implementation.
• Implementation support for the IGMP protocol used for IP multicasting and multicast OSPF routing protocol used in applications such as audio and video multicast.
• Unique coverage of the Open Shortest path First link-state routing protocol designed by the IETF.
• Shows the latest interpretation of the urgent data processing.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Internals and Implementation v
Publisher: Prentice-Hall
Publication Date: 1991
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Acceptable
Edition: 2nd Edition