TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1: The Protocols (2nd Edition)

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  • Authors: Kevin Fall, W. Richard Stevens
  • ISBN: 9780321336316
  • Publisher: Pearson Education
  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Paperback – 1056 pages
  • Language: English

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TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1, Second Edition, is a detailed and visual guide to today’s TCP/IP protocol suite. Fully updated for the newest innovations, it demonstrates each protocol in action through realistic examples from modern Linux, Windows, and Mac OS environments. There’s no better way to discover why TCP/IP works as it does, how it reacts to common conditions, and how to apply it in your own applications and networks.

More than 162,000 networking professionals have relied on W. Richard Stevens’ classic TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1 to gain the detailed understanding of TCP/IP they need to be effective. Now, the world’s leading TCP/IP best-seller has been thoroughly updated to reflect a new generation of TCP/IP-based networking technologies. TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1, Second Edition doesn’t just describe protocols: it enables readers to observe how these protocols operate under different conditions, using publicly available tools, and explains why key design decisions were made. The result: readers gain a deep understanding of how TCP/IP protocols function, and why they function that way.

Building on the late W. Richard Stevens’ classic first edition, author Kevin R. Fall adds his cutting-edge experience as a leader in TCP/IP protocol research, updating the book to fully reflect the latest protocols and best practices. He first introduces TCP/IP’s core goals and architectural concepts, showing how they can robustly connect diverse networks and support multiple services running concurrently. Next, he carefully explains Internet addressing in both IPv4 and IPv6 networks. Then, he  walks through TCP/IP’s structure and function from the bottom up: from link layer protocols–such as Ethernet and Wi-Fi–through network, transport, and application layers.

Fall thoroughly introduces ARP, DHCP, NAT, firewalls, ICMPv4/ICMPv6, broadcasting, multicasting, UDP, DNS, and much more. He offers extensive coverage of reliable transport and TCP, including connection management, timeout, retransmission, interactive data flow, and congestion control. Finally, he introduces the basics of security and cryptography, and illuminates the crucial modern protocols for protecting security and privacy, including EAP, IPsec, TLS, DNSSEC, and DKIM. Whatever your TCP/IP experience, this book will help you gain a deeper, more intuitive understanding of the entire protocol suite so you can build better applications and run more reliable, efficient networks.

Key Features
  • W. Richard Stevens’ legendary TCP/IP guide, now updated by top network protocol developer and instructor Kevin Fall
  • Shows how each protocol actually operates, and explains why they work that way
  • New coverage includes RPC, access control, authentication, privacy, NFS, SMB/CIFS, DHCP, NAT, firewalls, email, Web, web services, wireless, wireless security, and much more
New to this Edition

This brand-new second edition’s extensive new coverage includes:

  • Remote procedure call
  • Identity management (access control / authentication)
  • Network and transport layer security (authentication / privacy)
  • File access protocols, including NFS and SMB/CIFS
  • Host initialization and DHCP
  • NAT and firewalls
  • E-mail
  • Web and web services
  • Wireless and wireless security
  • New tools, including Ethereal, nmap and netcat
Table of Contents
  1. Foreword xxv
  2. Preface to the Second Edition xxvii
  3. Adapted Preface to the First Edition xxxiii
  4. Chapter 1: Introduction 1
    1. Architectural Principles 2
    2. Design and Implementation 8
    3. The Architecture and Protocols of the TCP/IP Suite 13
    4. Internets, Intranets, and Extranets 19
    5. Designing Applications 20
    6. Standardization Process 22
    7. Implementations and Software Distributions 24
    8. Attacks Involving the Internet Architecture 25
    9. Summary 26
    10. References 28
  5. Chapter 2: The Internet Address Architecture 31
    1. Introduction 31
    2. Expressing IP Addresses 32
    3. Basic IP Address Structure 34
    4. CIDR and Aggregation 46
    5. Special-Use Addresses 50
    6. Allocation 62
    7. Unicast Address Assignment 65
    8. Attacks Involving IP Addresses 70
    9. Summary 71
    10. References 72
  6. Chapter 3: Link Layer 79
    1. Introduction 79
    2. Ethernet and the IEEE 802 LAN/MAN Standards 80
    3. Full Duplex, Power Save, Autonegotiation, and 802.1X Flow Control 94
    4. Bridges and Switches 98
    5. Wireless LANs-IEEE 802.11(Wi-Fi) 111
    6. Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) 130
    7. Loopback 145
    8. MTU and Path MTU 148
    9. Tunneling Basics 149
    10. Attacks on the Link Layer 154
    11. Summary 156
    12. References 157
  7. Chapter 4: ARP: Address Resolution Protocol 165
    1. Introduction 165
    2. An Example 166
    3. ARP Cache 169
    4. ARP Frame Format 170
    5. ARP Examples 171
    6. ARP Cache Timeout 174
    7. Proxy ARP 174
    8. Gratuitous ARP and Address Conflict Detection (ACD) 175
    9. The arp Command 177
    10. Using ARP to Set an Embedded Device’s IPv4 Address 178
    11. Attacks Involving ARP 178
    12. Summary 179
    13. References 179
  8. Chapter 5: The Internet Protocol (IP) 181
    1. Introduction 181
    2. IPv4 and IPv6 Headers 183
    3. IPv6 Extension Headers 194
    4. IP Forwarding 208
    5. Mobile IP 215
    6. Host Processing of IP Datagrams 220
    7. Attacks Involving IP 226
    8. Summary 226
    9. References 228
  9. Chapter 6: System Configuration: DHCP and Autoconfiguration 233
    1. Introduction 233
    2. Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) 234
    3. Stateless Address Autoconfiguration (SLAAC) 276
    4. DHCP and DNS Interaction 285
    5. PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE) 286
    6. Attacks Involving System Configuration 292
    7. Summary 292
    8. References 293
  10. Chapter 7: Firewalls and Network Address Translation (NAT) 299
    1. Introduction 299
    2. Firewalls 300
    3. Network Address Translation (NAT) 303
    4. NAT Traversal 316
    5. Configuring Packet-Filtering Firewalls and NATs 334
    6. NAT for IPv4/IPv6 Coexistence and Transition 339
    7. Attacks Involving Firewalls and NATs 345
    8. Summary 346
    9. References 347
  11. Chapter 8: ICMPv4 and ICMPv6: Internet Control Message Protocol 353
    1. Introduction 353
    2. ICMP Messages 355
    3. ICMP Error Messages 361
    4. ICMP Query/Informational Messages 380
    5. Neighbor Discovery in IPv6 395
    6. Translating ICMPv4 and ICMPv6 424
    7. Attacks Involving ICMP 428
    8. Summary 430
    9. References 430
  12. Chapter 9: Broadcasting and Local Multicasting (IGMP and MLD) 435
    1. Introduction 435
    2. Broadcasting 436
    3. Multicasting 441
    4. The Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) and Multicast Listener Discovery Protocol (MLD) 451
    5. Attacks Involving IGMP and MLD 469
    6. Summary 470
    7. References 471
  13. Chapter 10: User Datagram Protocol (UDP) and IP Fragmentation 473
    1. Introduction 473
    2. UDP Header 474
    3. UDP Checksum 475
    4. Examples 478
    5. UDP and IPv6 481
    6. UDP-Lite 487
    7. IP Fragmentation 488
    8. Path MTU Discovery with UDP 493
    9. Interaction between IP Fragmentation and ARP/ND 496
    10. Maximum UDP Datagram Size 497
    11. UDP Server Design 498
    12. Translating UDP/IPv4 and UDP/IPv6 Datagrams 505
    13. UDP in the Internet 506
    14. Attacks Involving UDP and IP Fragmentation 507
    15. Summary 508
    16. References 508
  14. Chapter 11: Name Resolution and the Domain Name System (DNS) 511
    1. Introduction 511
    2. The DNS Name Space 512
    3. Name Servers and Zones 516
    4. Caching 517
    5. The DNS Protocol 518
    6. Sort Lists, Round-Robin, and Split DNS 565
    7. Open DNS Servers and DynDNS 567
    8. Transparency and Extensibility 567
    9. Translating DNS from IPv4 to IPv6 (DNS64) 568
    10. LLMNR and mDNS 569
    11. LDAP 570
    12. Attacks on the DNS 571
    13. Summary 572
    14. References 573
  15. Chapter 12: TCP: The Transmission Control Protocol (Preliminaries) 579
    1. Introduction 579
    2. Introduction to TCP 584
    3. TCP Header and Encapsulation 587
    4. Summary 591
    5. References 591
  16. Chapter 13: TCP Connection Management 595
    1. Introduction 595
    2. TCP Connection Establishment and Termination 595
    3. TCP Options 605
    4. Path MTU Discovery with TCP 612
    5. TCP State Transitions 616
    6. Reset Segments 625
    7. TCP Server Operation 631
    8. Attacks Involving TCP Connection Management 640
    9. Summary 642
    10. References 643
  17. Chapter 14: TCP Timeout and Retransmission 647
    1. Introduction 647
    2. Simple Timeout and Retransmission Example 648
    3. Setting the Retransmission Timeout (RTO) 651
    4. Timer-Based Retransmission 664
    5. Fast Retransmit 667
    6. Retransmission with Selective Acknowledgments 671
    7. Spurious Timeouts and Retransmissions 677
    8. Packet Reordering and Duplication 682
    9. Destination Metrics 685
    10. Repacketization 686
    11. Attacks Involving TCP Retransmission 687
    12. Summary 688
    13. References 689
  18. Chapter 15: TCP Data Flow and Window Management 691
    1. Introduction 691
    2. Interactive Communication 692
    3. Delayed Acknowledgments 695
    4. Nagle Algorithm 696
    5. Flow Control and Window Management 700
    6. Urgent Mechanism 719
    7. Attacks Involving Window Management 723
    8. Summary 723
    9. References 724
  19. Chapter 16: TCP Congestion Control 727
    1. Introduction 727
    2. The Classic Algorithms 730
    3. Evolution of the Standard Algorithms 739
    4. Handling Spurious RTOs-the Eifel Response Algorithm 744
    5. An Extended Example 745
    6. Sharing Congestion State 767
    7. TCP Friendliness 768
    8. TCP in High-Speed Environments 770
    9. Delay-Based Congestion Control 777
    10. Buffer Bloat 781
    11. Active Queue Management and ECN 782
    12. Attacks Involving TCP Congestion Control 785
    13. Summary 786
    14. References 788
  20. Chapter 17: TCP Keepalive 793
    1. Introduction 793
    2. Description 795
    3. Attacks Involving TCP Keepalives 802
    4. Summary 802
    5. References 803
  21. Chapter 18: Security: EAP, IPsec, TLS, DNSSEC, and DKIM 805
    1. Introduction 805
    2. Basic Principles of Information Security 806
    3. Threats to Network Communication 807
    4. Basic Cryptography and Security Mechanisms 809
    5. Certificates, Certificate Authorities (CAs), and PKIs 821
    6. TCP/IP Security Protocols and Layering 832
    7. Network Access Control: 802.1X, 802.1AE, EAP, and PANA 833
    8. Layer 3 IP Security (IPsec) 840
    9. Transport Layer Security (TLS and DTLS) 876
    10. DNS Security (DNSSEC) 894
    11. DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) 915
    12. Attacks on Security Protocols 918
    13. Summary 919
    14. References 922
  22. Glossary of Acronyms 933
  23. Index 963
Reviews

“What makes this book unique, in my estimation, is the level of detail and attention to history. It provides background and a sense for the ways in which solutions to networking problems have evolved. It is relentless in its effort to achieve precision and to expose remaining problem areas. For an engineer determined to refine and secure Internet operation or to explore alternative solutions to persistent problems, the insights provided by this book will be invaluable. The authors deserve credit for a thorough rendering of the technology of today’s Internet.” – Vint Cerf

“This is sure to be the bible for TCP/IP developers and users. Within minutes of picking up the text, I encountered several scenarios that had tripped up both my colleagues and myself in the past. Stevens reveals many of the mysteries once held tightly by the ever-elusive networking gurus. Having been involved in the implementation of TCP/IP for some years now, I consider this by far the finest text to date.” – Robert A. Ciampa, network engineer, Synernetics, division of 3COM

 “While all of Stevens’ books are readable and technically excellent, this new opus is awesome. Although many books describe the TCP/IP protocols, Stevens provides a level of depth and real-world detail lacking from the competition. He puts the reader inside TCP/IP using a visual approach and shows the protocols in action.” – Steven Baker, networking columnist, Unix Review

“TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1, is an excellent reference for developers, network administrators, or anyone who needs to understand TCP/IP technology. TCP/IP Illustrated is comprehensive in its coverage of TCP/IP topics, providing enough details to satisfy the experts while giving enough background and commentary for the novice.” – Bob Williams, vice president, Marketing, NetManage, Inc.

“. . . [T]he difference is that Stevens wants to show as well as tell about the protocols. His principal teaching tools are straightforward explanations, exercises at the ends of chapters, byte-by-byte diagrams of headers and the like, and listings of actual traffic as examples.” – Walter Zintz, UnixWorld

“Much better than theory only. . . . W. Richard Stevens takes a multihost-based configuration and uses it as a travelogue of TCP/IP examples with illustrations. TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1, is based on practical examples that reinforce the theory-distinguishing this book from others on the subject, and making it both readable and informative.” – Peter M. Haverlock, consultant, IBM TCP/IP Development

“The diagrams he uses are excellent and his writing style is clear and readable. In sum, Stevens has made a complex topic easy to understand. This book merits everyone’s attention. Please read it and keep it on your bookshelf.” – Elizabeth Zinkann, sys admin

“W. Richard Stevens has produced a fine text and reference work. It is well organized and very clearly written with, as the title suggests, many excellent illustrations exposing the intimate details of the logic and operation of IP, TCP, and the supporting cast of protocols and applications.” – Scott Bradner, consultant, Harvard University OIT/NSD

Authors Biography

Kevin R. Fall, Ph.D., has worked with TCP/IP for more than twenty-five years, and served on the Internet Architecture Board. He co-chairs the Internet Research Task Force’s Delay Tolerant Networking Research Group (DTNRG), which explores networking in extreme and performance-challenged environments. He is an IEEE Fellow.

W. Richard Stevens, Ph.D. (1951-1999), was the pioneering author who taught a generation of network professionals the TCP/IP skills they’ve used to make the Internet central to everyday life. His best-selling books included all three volumes of TCP/IP Illustrated (Addison-Wesley), as well as UNIX Network Programming (Prentice Hall).

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