Special edition using TCP/IP

Special Edition Using TCP/IP, 2E is the practical guide to applications of TCP/IP, including utilities for operation, troubleshooting, and management, with insight into future applications such as Voice over IP and VPNs. It includes current TCP/IP draft standards and future work planned. Clear illustrations of practical utilities enable the reader to understand both the technology and applications together from a single source. It includes current scaling problems in the Internet like addressing and routing. Both short-term solutions and long-term solutions for these problems are discussed.

Introduction	p. 1
1 Introduction to Internetworking and TCP/IP	p. 7
Evolution of TCP/IP and the Internet	p. 8
Internetworking	p. 10
The Open Systems Interconnection Model	p. 16
The TCP/IP Reference Model	p. 21
Summary	p. 24
2 The Network Interface and Link Layers	p. 25
Network Interface Layer	p. 26
The Link Layer	p. 28
Differences Between SLIP and PPP	p. 29
Addressing	p. 30
Address Resolution	p. 35
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol	p. 39
Summary	p. 41
3 The Internet Layer Protocol	p. 43
The Internet Layer	p. 44
Internet Protocol	p. 45
Format of an IP Datagram	p. 47
Transmission of Datagrams	p. 54
Summary	p. 60
4 Internet Control Message Protocol	p. 61
Introduction to ICMP	p. 62
Role of Hosts and Routers in Fault Isolation	p. 62
Methods Used by a Host for Fault Isolation	p. 63
Transmission of ICMP Messages	p. 64
Summary	p. 71
5 Transmission Control and Data Flow	p. 73
Introduction to TCP	p. 74
The Connection Process	p. 87
Data Transfer Concepts	p. 93
Summary	p. 96
6 Timed Data Transmission and Performance Concepts	p. 97
Timeout and Retransmission Concepts	p. 98
Performance	p. 103
Summary	p. 112
7 User Datagram Protocol	p. 113
Introduction to UDP	p. 114
Working with UDP	p. 121
Summary	p. 128
8 File Transfer and Access	p. 129
Introduction to FTP	p. 130
Trivial File Transfer	p. 140
Problems in the TFTP Specification	p. 141
Network File Access	p. 143
Summary	p. 147
9 Remote Login	p. 149
Telnet Protocol	p. 150
Rlogin	p. 160
Summary	p. 162
10 Messaging Protocols	p. 163
Messaging Concepts and SMTP	p. 164
POP	p. 171
IMAP	p. 172
MIME	p. 173
Summary	p. 174
11 Hypertext Transmission	p. 175
Web Fundamentals and HTTP Basics	p. 176
Components of an HTTP Message	p. 182
Negotiating Client/Server Capabilities	p. 187
HTTP Performance	p. 189
Caching	p. 189
Summary	p. 191
12 Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)	p. 193
Network Management	p. 194
Components of the SNMP Architecture	p. 196
Summary	p. 207
13 Domain Name System (DNS)	p. 209
The Need for DNS	p. 210
Advantages of Using DNS	p. 212
Naming Conventions Used in DNS	p. 213
Transfer of DNS Messages	p. 215
Components and Steps Involved in Name Resolution	p. 216
Summary	p. 228
14 Bootstrapping Protocols: BOOTP and DHCP	p. 229
Bootstrap Protocol--An Overview	p. 230
BOOTP Performance	p. 231
The BOOTP Message Format	p. 233
Subfields in the Options Field	p. 235
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol	p. 236
DHCP Performance	p. 238
The DHCP Message Format	p. 241
Relay Agent	p. 242
Summary	p. 242
15 Subnetting and Classless Addressing	p. 245
IP Addressing Schemes	p. 246
Subnetting	p. 247
Supernetting	p. 254
Summary	p. 258
16 IP Routing	p. 259
Routing Concepts	p. 260
Error Handling	p. 269
Summary	p. 276
17 Routing Mechanisms	p. 277
Introduction to Routing Mechanisms	p. 278
Evolution of Network Routing Architecture	p. 279
Routing Algorithms	p. 283
Summary	p. 289
18 Routing on Autonomous Systems	p. 291
Autonomous System Routing Architecture	p. 292
Introduction to Interior Gateway Protocols	p. 295
Summary	p. 308
19 Inter-autonomous System Routing Protocol-EGP and BGP	p. 311
EGP	p. 312
BGP	p. 318
Summary	p. 320
20 Multicasting	p. 321
Fundamentals of Multicasting	p. 322
Advantages of Multicasting	p. 323
Implementation of Multicasting	p. 323
Internet Group Management Protocol	p. 329
Communication Between Hosts and Routers Using IGMP	p. 330
Summary	p. 333
21 Security Concepts and Private Network Connection	p. 335
Virtual Private Networks	p. 336
Network Address Translation	p. 341
Summary	p. 346
22 IP Security	p. 347
Introduction to IP Security	p. 348
The Authentication Header	p. 352
Outbound and Inbound AH Field Processing	p. 354
Encapsulated Security Payload	p. 355
Outbound and Inbound ESP Field Processing	p. 357
Security Association and Internet Key Exchange	p. 359
Summary	p. 362
23 IP Over Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)	p. 363
Introduction to Asynchronous Transfer Mode	p. 364
ATM Data Transmission Basics	p. 367
IP Data Transmission Models for ATM	p. 371
Summary	p. 377
24 Voice Over IP	p. 379
The Need for Voice Over IP	p. 380
Summary	p. 387
25 Mobile IP	p. 389
An Introduction to IP Mobility	p. 390
Agent Discovery Process	p. 393
Registering Care-of Addresses	p. 396
Mobile IPv6	p. 400
Summary	p. 401
26 IPv6	p. 403
IPv6: An Overview	p. 404
The IPv6 Message Format	p. 405
IPv6 Extension Headers	p. 407
IPv6 Addressing	p. 413
Summary	p. 414
27 Quality of Service	p. 415
Introducing Quality of Service	p. 416
Resource Reservation Protocol	p. 417
Differentiated Services	p. 422
Summary	p. 424
Appendixes
A RFCs	p. 425
B Local Area Networking Basics	p. 431
C Troubleshooting TCP/IP	p. 437
D HTTP Status Codes and Header Fields	p. 443
E Programming Structures for Data Formats	p. 447
F TCP Application Ports	p. 451
Glossary	p. 455
Index	p. 469

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