Tcp/Ip for Dummies
by Leiden, Candace; Wilensky, MarshallEdition: 3rd
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1999-03-01
Publisher(s): John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Summary
The most popular set of network protocols to date, TCP/IP is the key that holds the Internet and the World Wide Web together. And to stay competitive in the ever-changing world of Internet technology, users need to keep up with the latest changes in TCP/IP. With TCP/IP For Dummies, 3rd Edition, finding out about the new standards is a cinch! Experts Candace Leiden and Marshall Wilensky explain the latest rules of network communication in plain, simple language with humor and irreverence. You'll soon discover that TCP/IP isn't just for network administrators anymore! Book jacket.
Author Biography
Candace Leiden is the Chief Technology Officer at Cardinal Consulting. She is an internationally recognized speaker on client/server computing for the UNIX and Windows NT operating systems. She also teaches computer classes and develops courseware for distributed database technology. She is a member of the Internet Society. Marshall Wilensky is a Senior Consultant for communications products at Lotus Development Corporation. Working in the industry for more than 20 years, he has been a programmer and a systems administrator and has managed large, multi-vendor and multi-protocol networks. He is a member of the Internet Society.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| About This Book | p. 1 |
| Conventions Used in This Book | p. 2 |
| Foolish Assumptions | p. 2 |
| How This Book Is Organized | p. 3 |
| Basics and Buzzwords | p. 3 |
| TCP/IP from Soup to Nuts to Dessert | p. 3 |
| TCP/IP Stew -- a Little of This, a Pinch of That | p. 4 |
| The Part of Tens | p. 4 |
| Icons Used in This Book | p. 4 |
| Where to Go from Here | p. 5 |
| Basics and Buzzwords | p. 7 |
| Understanding TCP/IP Basics | p. 9 |
| Pronunciation Guide | p. 9 |
| Dear Emily Post: What's a Protocol? | p. 10 |
| The Protocol of Open Systems | p. 11 |
| What's a Transport? | p. 12 |
| TCP/IP and Internets, Intranets, and Extranets | p. 15 |
| The Internet versus an internet | p. 15 |
| Nets, Nets, and More Nets | p. 18 |
| The TCP/IP Declaration of Independence | p. 19 |
| Who's in Charge of TCP/IP and the Internet, Anyway? | p. 21 |
| IPv6, the Next Generation of TCP/IP | p. 23 |
| What You Need to Know about Networks | p. 25 |
| What's a Network? | p. 25 |
| What a Network Does for You (Oooh! Ahhh! More Stuff!) | p. 27 |
| What a Network Does to You (There's No Such Thing as a Free Lunch) | p. 28 |
| Protocols and Packets and Humpty Dumpty's Fall off the Wall | p. 30 |
| What's a LAN? | p. 31 |
| What's a WAN? | p. 35 |
| Mother Goose Network Services, Inc. | p. 36 |
| Client/Server -- Buzzword of the Century (The 20th or the 21st?) | p. 39 |
| What Exactly Is Client/Server, Anyway? | p. 39 |
| The Server Part of Client/Server | p. 41 |
| The Client Part of Client/Server | p. 44 |
| Are You Being Served? | p. 45 |
| What Does All This Have to Do with TCP/IP? | p. 46 |
| Server Push | p. 47 |
| Oh ... Now I Get It! | p. 47 |
| Luscious Layers | p. 49 |
| ISO OSI -- More Than a Palindrome? | p. 49 |
| The ImpOSIble Dream? | p. 50 |
| Taking a Modular Approach to Networking | p. 51 |
| Fitting TCP/IP into the Seven-Layer Cake | p. 54 |
| TCP/IP from Soup to Nuts to Dessert | p. 55 |
| Do You Have a Complete Set of TCP/IP Dinnerware? | p. 57 |
| The TCP/IP Protocol Suite | p. 57 |
| The Protocols (And You Thought There Were Only Two!) | p. 60 |
| E-Mail and Beyond -- Shipping and Handling Included | p. 71 |
| The Medium Is the Message (Sometimes) | p. 71 |
| And Now -- On to the Restaurant at the End of the Network | p. 73 |
| The E-Mail Course at the TCP/IP Banquet | p. 74 |
| SMTP: The Meat and Potatoes | p. 78 |
| MIME Means a Lot More Than Marcel Marceau | p. 80 |
| How an SMTP Gateway Works | p. 80 |
| "Alias Smith and Jones" | p. 81 |
| Is Your E-Mail Secure? | p. 83 |
| Usenet News: Sharing Info over Lunch at the Network Table | p. 84 |
| Talking the Talk | p. 90 |
| Over There, Over There, Do Some Stuff, Do Some Stuff, Over There | p. 95 |
| The Crepe Place / In Paris = TCP/IP? | p. 95 |
| Sharing Other People's Computers | p. 96 |
| Using Telnet or tn3270 to Borrow Processing Power | p. 98 |
| R you Ready foR moRe Remote log-ins? | p. 102 |
| Stealing Cycles with rsh | p. 103 |
| What? They Don't Trust You? No Problem. It's rexec to the Rescue! | p. 104 |
| Multiheaded Beast | p. 104 |
| Share and Share Alike | p. 105 |
| Using Web Browsers to Get Good Stuff | p. 105 |
| Using FTP to Share Files across a Network | p. 106 |
| The FTP Blue Plate Special | p. 108 |
| Using FTP to Transfer Files | p. 109 |
| Beyond the Basics (Just a Little) | p. 112 |
| Using Anonymous FTP to Get Good Stuff | p. 114 |
| Smart FTP Tricks | p. 117 |
| Using rcp (Not Just Another Copy Program) | p. 118 |
| Sharing Loaves and Fishes -- NIS and NFS | p. 121 |
| Fishing for Information with NIS | p. 121 |
| What's Domain Idea? | p. 123 |
| NIS in Action | p. 124 |
| Okay, NIS Is Great -- Are There Pitfalls? | p. 125 |
| Using NFS to Share Fishes...er, Files | p. 128 |
| What about NFS Performance? | p. 130 |
| Automounting -- It Sounds Illegal | p. 132 |
| How about Some NFS Security Tips? | p. 135 |
| NIS and NFS Together | p. 135 |
| Are NIS and NFS Used on the Internet? | p. 136 |
| WebNFS -- Technology Moves into the Future | p. 136 |
| Fishing in a Really Big Pond | p. 139 |
| Getting to Know DNS | p. 139 |
| DNS = Does Nifty Searches | p. 140 |
| Client/Server Again -- You Can't Get Away from It | p. 141 |
| The Internet's Definition of Domain | p. 144 |
| Servers, Authority, and Other Techie Stuff | p. 148 |
| DNS versus NIS | p. 151 |
| Finding Information about Domains and Name Servers | p. 153 |
| WINS (Windows Internet Name Service): Name Resolution According to Microsoft | p. 158 |
| Feasting on Information | p. 159 |
| How Do Information Services Help Me? | p. 160 |
| What Are Hypertext and Hypermedia? | p. 161 |
| The World Wide Web (WWW) | p. 161 |
| How Does Information Get on the Web? | p. 164 |
| The Web Is a High-Calorie Feast | p. 166 |
| Reducing the Web's Wait | p. 167 |
| Who's in Charge of the Web? | p. 168 |
| A Few Blasts From the Past Are Still Useful | p. 169 |
| TCP/IP Stew -- A Little of This, a Pinch of That | p. 173 |
| Nice Names and Agonizing Addresses | p. 175 |
| What Did You Say Your Computer's Name Was Again? | p. 176 |
| What's the Local Hosts File? | p. 178 |
| The Many Faces of IP Addresses | p. 179 |
| How Do I Get an IP Address? | p. 180 |
| The Four Sections of the IPv4 Address | p. 181 |
| For Math Nerds Only: Biting Down on Bits and Bytes | p. 183 |
| Administering Subnets and Subnet Masks | p. 185 |
| Expanding with Supernets and Supernet Masks | p. 189 |
| DHCP Gives Network Administrators Time to Rest | p. 191 |
| Is the Internet Getting Low on Addresses? | p. 193 |
| Will the Internet Ever Run Out of Addresses? | p. 193 |
| CIDR (Classless Inter-Domain Routing) Juices up the Internet | p. 193 |
| Back to the Comfort Zone | p. 195 |
| Configuring TCP/IP -- Will Someone Please Set the Network Table? | p. 197 |
| Are the Files Already on the Table? | p. 197 |
| Configuring TCP/IP | p. 198 |
| The Local Hosts File | p. 203 |
| The Trusted Hosts File | p. 207 |
| The Trusted Hosts Print File | p. 207 |
| Freddie's Nightmare: Your Personal Trust File | p. 208 |
| The Networks File | p. 209 |
| The Internet Daemon Configuration File | p. 210 |
| The Protocols File | p. 214 |
| The Services File | p. 215 |
| Dealing with the Devil | p. 221 |
| IPv6 -- IP on Steroids | p. 225 |
| If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It -- Well, Improve It Just a Little | p. 226 |
| Wow! 8 Sections in an IPv6 Address? | p. 227 |
| Shorthand For Non-Stenographers | p. 229 |
| What about Subnet and Supernet Masks? | p. 231 |
| Special IPv6 Addresses | p. 231 |
| IPv6 -- And the Using Is Easy | p. 232 |
| Other Delicious IPv6 Morsels | p. 235 |
| Sharing the Planet -- IPv6 and IPv4 Can Coexist | p. 236 |
| Whew ... You Made It! | p. 236 |
| Is Anyone There? | p. 237 |
| Information, Please | p. 237 |
| Fingering Your Friends and Enemies | p. 238 |
| Using a Finger Gateway | p. 242 |
| TCP -- The Cola Protocol? | p. 242 |
| Knock, Knock -- Who's There? | p. 246 |
| w-ant to Know More? | p. 246 |
| rwho There, You Devil? | p. 247 |
| ruptime, Cousin of rwho | p. 248 |
| The World According to ARP | p. 248 |
| The nslookup Utility | p. 250 |
| The showmount Utility | p. 250 |
| Reach Out and Touch Something, with ping | p. 250 |
| ps, We Love You | p. 252 |
| Afraid to Ask for Directions? Traceroute Tells You Where You're Going | p. 252 |
| Mobile-IP, Dialup Networking, and IP Telephony | p. 255 |
| Mobile-IP for Hassle-Free Travel | p. 255 |
| Connecting with Dialup Protocols | p. 258 |
| Understanding IP Telephony | p. 263 |
| The Dreaded Hardware Chapter | p. 265 |
| Catering a Network Banquet | p. 266 |
| Keep Layers in Mind | p. 267 |
| Packets Chew through Network Layers | p. 267 |
| Modem Munchies | p. 269 |
| Satisfy Your Need for Speed with Other Things That People Call Modems | p. 269 |
| Serve Your Guests with Terminal Servers | p. 273 |
| Stretching the Network Dinner Party into a Banquet | p. 274 |
| Hubba, Hubba | p. 275 |
| A Switch in Time Saves Nine Intranet Hassles | p. 277 |
| Rowter or Rooter? Doesn't Matter | p. 277 |
| Gateways: The Ultimate Interpreters | p. 282 |
| The Party's Over -- It's Decision Time | p. 283 |
| Security -- Will the Bad Guys Please Stand Up? | p. 285 |
| In the Good-Ol' Days | p. 286 |
| What's Involved in Network Security? | p. 286 |
| IPSec (IP Security Protocol) | p. 287 |
| The TCP/IP Banquet Is By Invitation Only | p. 288 |
| Be Aware of Security Pitfalls in Your Applications | p. 293 |
| How Promiscuous Is Your Network Controller? | p. 297 |
| Credit Card Shopping on the World Wide Web | p. 298 |
| Do You Have Any ID? A Digital Certificate Will Do | p. 299 |
| E-Commerce -- a Shopper's Dream? | p. 301 |
| Commonly Held Myths about Network Security | p. 302 |
| Protecting Your Network | p. 303 |
| What's a Firewall? | p. 305 |
| Approaching Secure Environments | p. 313 |
| Kerberos -- Guardian or Fiend? | p. 314 |
| We're CERTainly Interested in Security | p. 316 |
| The Part of Tens | p. 317 |
| Ten Reasons to Use TCP/IP | p. 319 |
| You Want to Sell Your Wares on the Web | p. 319 |
| You Need E-Mail | p. 319 |
| You Live to Shop | p. 320 |
| You Want to Run Programs on Other People's Computers | p. 320 |
| You Want Someone to Play With | p. 320 |
| Sneakernet Is Wearing You Out | p. 321 |
| You Have Files to Procure | p. 321 |
| You Dream of Untangling the Web | p. 321 |
| You've Always Wanted to Hear a Free Concert | p. 322 |
| Ten Frequently Asked Questions about TCP/IP and the Internet | p. 323 |
| What Software Do I Need to Get on the Internet? | p. 323 |
| Do I Need UNIX to Run TCP/IP? | p. 324 |
| Can I Have a Web Server and Still Have Security? | p. 324 |
| How Can I Get a Browser? | p. 324 |
| Does the Web have a Card Catalog? | p. 325 |
| What's a Cookie? | p. 325 |
| What's a Robot? | p. 326 |
| What's CGI? | p. 326 |
| Can I Catch a Virus by Looking at a Web Page? | p. 326 |
| What's VRML? | p. 326 |
| What's Java? | p. 327 |
| How Do I Get a Usenet News Feed? | p. 327 |
| Ten Strange but Real TCP/IP Network Devices (No Kidding!) | p. 329 |
| Soda Machines | p. 329 |
| Toasters | p. 330 |
| Coffee Pots | p. 330 |
| Other Video Goodies | p. 331 |
| A Refrigerator | p. 332 |
| A Hot Tub | p. 332 |
| The Streets of Seattle | p. 333 |
| Weather Stations | p. 333 |
| IBM PC | p. 334 |
| The International Space Station | p. 334 |
| Beepers | p. 334 |
| Watch Your Back -- Ten Practical Security Tips | p. 335 |
| Be Paranoid | p. 335 |
| Be CERTain You Know the Dangers | p. 336 |
| Know What Your Browser's Doing | p. 336 |
| Some Yummy Tips about SPAM | p. 340 |
| Ten Ways to Get RFCs | p. 341 |
| Finding an RFC Index | p. 342 |
| Using the Web to Get an RFC | p. 343 |
| Using Anonymous FTP to Get an RFC | p. 345 |
| Ten RFCs Worth Tasting | p. 349 |
| A View from Mars | p. 349 |
| You Need the Right Tool to Do the Job | p. 350 |
| The Hitchhiker's Guide | p. 350 |
| How Do I...? | p. 350 |
| The Whole RFC Catalog | p. 350 |
| It's Official | p. 351 |
| Are You Feeling Insecure? | p. 351 |
| Trust No One? | p. 351 |
| The Truth Is Out There | p. 352 |
| The Cookbook | p. 352 |
| Separate Tables -- Advice for Subnetters | p. 352 |
| Ten Web Sites for TCP/IP Information | p. 353 |
| Nibbling on NetGuide's Net Newbie | p. 353 |
| Gobbling Up Everything at ZDNet | p. 354 |
| Noshing at Netscape | p. 354 |
| Chewing on CNET | p. 354 |
| Sampling InterNIC | p. 354 |
| Trying the AlterNIC | p. 355 |
| What's Whatis? | p. 355 |
| Toasting Web ProForums | p. 355 |
| Tasting the Dot Com Series | p. 356 |
| Savoring Spectral | p. 356 |
| Trying NetworkDNA | p. 356 |
| Sipping Secret Agent's Networking Page | p. 356 |
| Flipping through Cisco Systems' Internetworking Technology Overview | p. 356 |
| Glossary | p. 357 |
| Index | p. 373 |
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