Preface.
Roadmap to the Book.
Acknowledgments.
1. Essential Networking Concepts.
Layers. Service Models. Important Properties of a Network. Reliable
Data Transfer Protocols.
2. Data Link Layer Issues.
Generic LANs. IEEE 802 LANs. Names, Addresses, Routes. LAN
Addresses. Multicast versus Unicast Addresses. The Broadcast
Address. Multiplexing Field. Bit Order. Logical Link Control.
Issues in 802.3. Issues in 802.5. Packet Bursts. Reasons for
Bridges. Point-to-Point Links.
3. Transparent Bridges.
The No-Frills Bridge. The Learning Bridge. Spanning Tree Algorithm.
Spanning Tree Algorithm Refinements. Bridge Message Formats. Other
Bridge Issues. Remote Bridges.
4. Source Routing Bridges.
Pure Source Routing. SR-TB Bridges. SRT Bridges. End-system
Algorithms. Source Routing versus Transparent Bridging. Ideas for
Improving Source Route Bridging.
5. Hubs, Switches, Virtual LANs, and Fast Ethernet.
Hubs. Faster LANs. Virtual LANs (VLANs).
6. Network Interface: Service Models.
What Is the Network Layer? Network Service Types.
7. Connection-oriented Nets: X.25 and ATM.
Generic Connection-oriented Network. X.25: Reliable
Connection-oriented Service. Implementing X.25 Inside the Net.
Asynchronous Transfer Mode.
8. Generic Connectionless Service.
Data Transfer. Addresses. Hop Count. Service Class Information.
Network Feedback. Fragmentation and Reassembly. Maximum Packet Size
Discovery.
9. Network Layer Addresses.
Hierarchical Addresses with Fixed Boundaries. Hierarchical
Addresses with Flexible Boundaries. Owning versus Renting
Addresses. Types of Addresses. IP. IPX. IPX+. IPv6. CLNP Network
Layer Addresses. AppleTalk Network Layer Addresses. DECnet Phases
III and IV. NAT/NAPT.
10. Connectionless Data Packet Formats.
Pieces of a Connectionless Network Layer. Data Packets. Summary of
Packet Formats for Easy Reference. Technical Issues and Comparisons
in Data Packet Formats. Source Routing. The Great IPX Frame Format
Mystery. Error Reports and Other Network Feedback to the
Endnode.
11. Neighbor Greeting and Autoconfiguration.
Endnodes Attached via Point-to-Point Links. Endnodes Attached via
LANs. Endnodes Attached via Nonbroadcast Multiaccess Media. Finding
Things.
12. Routing Algorithm Concepts.
Distance Vector Routing. Link State Routing. Comparison of Link
State and Distance Vector Routing. Load Splitting. Link Costs.
Migrating Routing Algorithms. LANs. Types of Service. Partition
Repair: Level 1 Subnetwork Partition.
13. Fast Packet Forwarding.
Using an Additional Header. Address Prefix Matching. Longest Prefix
Match with Trie. Binary Search.
14. Specific Routing Protocols.
A Brief History of Intradomain Routing Protocols. RIP. RTMP,
IPX-RIP, and DECnet. IS-IS, OSPF, NLSP, and PNNI. Interdomain
Routing Protocols.
15. WAN Multicast.
Introduction. Multicast in IP.
16. Sabotage-proof Routing.
The Problem. All You Need to Know about Cryptography. Overview of
the Approach. Detailed Description of the Approach. Summary. For
Further Reading.
17. To Route, Bridge, or Switch: Is That the Question?
Switches. Bridges versus Routers. Extensions to Bridges. Extensions
to Routers.
18. Protocol Design Folklore.
Simplicity versus Flexibility versus Optimality. Knowing the
Problem You're Trying to Solve. Overhead and Scaling. Operation
Above Capacity. Compact IDs versus Object Identifiers. Optimizing
for the Most Common or Important Case. Forward Compatibility.
Migration: Routing Algorithms and Addressing. Parameters. Making
Multiprotocol Operation Possible. Running over Layer 3 versus
Layer. Robustness. Determinism versus Stability. Performance for
Correctness. In Closing.
Glossary.
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Radia Perlman's work has had a profound impact on the field of networking. She was recently featured in the 25th anniversary edition of Data Communications magazine as one of the 25 people whose work has most influenced the industry. She is the creator of the spanning tree algorithm upon which bridges (switches) are based, and the algorithms that allow robust and efficient link state routing, upon which all modern link state routing protocols (such as IS-IS, OSPF, and PNNI) are based. Radia designed IS-IS, Simple Multicast, and sabotage-proof routing. She is also co-author of Network Security: Private Communication in a Public World. Both of her books were listed in the top 10 most useful networking reference books in the March, 1988 issue of Network Magazine. She is currently a Distinguished Engineer at Sun Microsystems, Inc. She holds about 50 patents and a Ph.D. from M.I.T.
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