The TCP/IP Bible - now fully updated to reflect all the latest technologies! Internet expert Douglas Comer has revised his classic, superb book on networking based on TCP/IP, renowned for its clarity and insight in explaining networking and routing.

Here you can discover how the fundamental TCP/IP technologies have survived and evolved over two decades of exponential growth, and understand the TCP/IP protocols and advancements in technology. This edition explains newer technologies, such as Portable IP, Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP), and IPv6.

Comer reveals how to make TCP/IP your own, as well as how the Internet works. The reader is required to have some background in the fundamentals of computer systems, but advanced mathematics is not necessary.

As with previous editions, this version makes an introductory presentation of physical networks and then shows how they combine to form an internet. It clearly describes the design principles and analyzes the motivations and consequences.

[Excerpt from the text on the back cover of the edition]