An exemplary discussion of network and transport protocols

If you need to strengthen your knowledge of network-layer and transport-layer protocols (IP, ICMP, TCP and UDP), go no further than this book. Recommended. This is a critical reference. It's more readable than Comer or Stevens (and easily as complete) for learning about the network-layer and transport-layer protocols. For my money, this is the single most important book to have in this area. A sterling, untoppable effort from the O'Reilly label, and an absolute must for anyone learning about low-level internetworking.

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