UNIX Internetworking

The author starts by giving some basic ideas about unix including signals, "special" files, etc. He then progressively goes into the heart of the book, namely internetworking. The big chap. 2~(70 pages) describes the basics of network technology and most popular protocols~(recalling one of the milestone events in the field of networks, ie. the 7-layer OSI model). Chap. 3 gives a detailed image of networks-related topics in the Unix OS. He starts by describing the important network file systems under and the deamons which are in charge of various internetworking processes. This chapter finishes by giving some fundamental commands~(very useful for beginners). Chap.4, 5 and 6 are the jewels of the book. Indeed, after a first falvor given in chap-3, the author goes into a more thorough description of internet-working under Unix which include security and elaborating distributed applications~(Client/Server). The sample programs given in chap-6 give a very good starting point for a beginner. The last chapter is, in my opinion, for network maintainers and aministrators. Good bibliography at the end too.