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Title: Best books to learn TCP IP protocols in depth as a Linux Systems Administrator?
Post by: networkloser on September 30, 2023, 06:04:41 AM
fourozan networks
stallings networks
douglas comer internetworking with tcp ip volume 1
stevens tcp ip
fourouzan tcp ip

stallings security
fourozan security
atul kahate security

These are all the textbooks I'm planning to buy. Would you recommend anything else? I want to get closer to RFCs but don't want to start with RFCs.
Title: Re: Best books to learn TCP IP protocols in depth as a Linux Systems Administrator?
Post by: icecream-guy on September 30, 2023, 09:37:05 AM
I would recommend to start with "Cisco Press - CCIE Professional Development Routing TCPIP, Volume I."
it's one of the "classics" every network engineer should read.

then on to Cisco Press - CCIE Professional Development Routing TCPIP, Volume II.
Title: Re: Best books to learn TCP IP protocols in depth as a Linux Systems Administrator?
Post by: networkloser on September 30, 2023, 10:35:14 PM
Hmm I'm a system administrator rather than a network engineer. I just need to know tcpip enough to use the linux commands to troubleshoot network issues. that's why
Title: Re: Best books to learn TCP IP protocols in depth as a Linux Systems Administrator?
Post by: deanwebb on October 13, 2023, 01:55:22 PM
Ping, traceroute, and tcpdump will do ya for nearly every sysadmin issue.

But knowing something of what is happening with the routers and switches is handy. For that purpose, I recommend the CCNA Routing and Switching guides by Wendell Odom. They include a great discussion of TCP/IP along with the networking device details.

But ***THE*** ultimate TCP/IP guide is, well, The TCP/IP Guide. http://tcpipguide.com/
Title: Re: Best books to learn TCP IP protocols in depth as a Linux Systems Administrator?
Post by: icecream-guy on October 14, 2023, 03:10:23 PM
Quote from: deanwebb on October 13, 2023, 01:55:22 PMBut ***THE*** ultimate TCP/IP guide is, well, The TCP/IP Guide. http://tcpipguide.com/

LOL. for a web site on TCP/IP that doesn't even support HTTPS
:kiwf:
Title: Re: Best books to learn TCP IP protocols in depth as a Linux Systems Administrator?
Post by: deanwebb on October 15, 2023, 09:53:38 AM
^ Yeah, that is a helluva irony! :doh: