TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 3: TCP for Transactions, HTTP, NNTP, and the Unix Domain Protocols View Larger Image | W. Richard Stevens
Addison-Wesley, Hardcover, Published January 1996, 328 pages, ISBN 0201634953 | List Price: $69.99
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About TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 3
Praised by reviewers and practicing TCP/IP programmers alike, the TCP/IP Illustrated series examines the many facets of the TCP/IP protocol suite using a unique and highly-effective visual approach that describes the inner workings of TCP/IP with detail, insight, and clarity.
Volume 3 provides detailed coverage of four essential topics with which today's TCP/IP programmers and network administrators must be thoroughly familiar:
- T/TCP (TCP for Transactions), an extension to TCP that makes client-server transactions faster, more efficient, and more reliable;
- HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol), the foundation for the rapidly expanding World Wide Web;
- NNTP (the Network News Transfer Protocol), the basis for the Usenet news system; and
- UNIX Domain Protocols, a set of protocols used heavily in UNIX implementations.
As in the previous two volumes, the book is filled with examples and implementation details within the 4.4BSD-Lite networking code.
The TCP/IP Illustrated series provides a complete picture of the protocol suite that drives the Internet, and gives programmers, system administrators, and serious users the information, understanding, and skills they need to remain at the forefront of networking technology.
W. Richard Stevens is an acknowledged UNIX and networking expert and the highly-respected author of four best-selling books, TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1 (Addison-Wesley, 1994) and Volume 2 - with Gary R. Wright (Addison-Wesley, 1995), Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment (Addison-Wesley, 1992), and UNIX Network Programming (Prentice-Hall, 1990). He is also a sought-after instructor and consultant.
Quotes of Note
"(TCP/IP Volume 3 is) a worthy successor that continues the series' standards of excellence for both clarity and accuracy. The coverage of T/TCP and HTTP is particularly timely, given the explosion of the World Wide Web."
-Vern Paxson, Network Research Group, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory
"The coverage of the HTTP protocol (in TCP/IP Volume 3) will be invaluable to anyone who needs to understand the detailed behavior of web servers."
-Jeffrey Mogul, Digital Equipment Corporation
"(TCP/IP) Volume 3 is a natural addition to the series. It covers the network aspects of Web services and transaction TCP in depth."
-Pete Haverlock, Program Manager, IBM
"In this latest volume of TCP/IP Illustrated (Volume 3), Rich Stevens maintains the high standards he set up in the previous volumes: clear presentation and technical accuracy to the finest detail."
-Andras Olah, University of Twente
"This volume (TCP/IP Volume 3) maintains the superb quality of the earlier ones in the series, extending the in-depth examination of networking implementation in new directions. The entire series is a must for anybody who is seriously interested in how the Internet works today."
-Ian Lance Taylor, Author of GNU/Taylor UUCP
Table of Contents
Preface
Part 1. TCP for Transactions
Chapter 1. T/TCP Introduction
Introduction * UDP Client-Server * TCP Client-Server * T/TCP Client-Server * Test Network * Timing Example * Applications * History * Implementations * Summary
Chapter 2. T/TCP Protocol
Introduction * New TCP Options for T/TCP * T/TCP Implementation Variables * State Transition Diagram * T/TCP Extended States * Summary
Chapter 3. T/TCP Examples
Introduction * Client Reboot * Normal T/TCP Transaction * Server Receives Old Duplicate SYN * Server Reboot * Request or Reply Exceeds MSS * Backward Compatibility * Summary
Chapter 4. T/TCP Protocol (Continued)
Introduction * Client Port Numbers and TIME_WAIT State * Purpose of the TIME_WAIT State * TIME_WAIT State Truncation * Avoiding the Three-Way Handshake with TAO * Summary
Chapter 5. T/TCP Implementation: Socket Layer
Introduction * Constants * sosend Function * Summary
Chapter 6. T/TCP Implementation: Routing Table
Introduction * Code Introduction * radix_node_head Structure * rtentry Structure * rt_metrics Structure * in_inithead Function * in_addroute Function * in_matroute Function * in_clsroute Function * in_rtqtimo Function * in_rtqkill Function * Summary
Chapter 7. T/TCP Implementation: Protocol Control Blocks
Introduction * in_pcbladdr Function * in_pcbconnect Function * Summary
Chapter 8. T/TCP Implementation: TCP Overview
Introduction * Code Introduction * TCP protosw Structure * TCP Control Block * tcp_init Function * tcp_slowtimo Function * Summary
Chapter 9. T/TCP Implementation: TCP Output
Introduction * tcp_output Function * Summary
Chapter 10. T/TCP Implementation: TCP Functions
Introduction * tcp_newtcpcb Function * tcp_rtlookup Function * tcp_gettaocache Function * Retransmission Timeout Calculations * tcp_close Function * tcp_msssend Function * tcp_mssrcvd Function * tcp_dooptions Function * tcp_reass Function * Summary
Chapter 11. T/TCP Implementation: TCP Input
Introduction * Preliminary Processing * Header Prediction * Initiation of Passive Open * Initiation of Active Open * PAWS: Protection Against Wrapped Sequence Numbers * ACK Processing * Completion of Passive Opens and Simultaneous Opens * ACK Processing (Continued) * FIN Processing * Summary
Chapter 12. T/TCP Implementation: TCP User Requests
Introduction * PRU_CONNECT Request * tcp_connect Function * PRU_SEND and PRU_SEND_EOF Requests * tcp_usrclosed Function * tcp_sysctl Function * T/TCP Futures * Summary
Part 2. Additional TCP Applications
Chapter 13. HTTP: Hypertext Transfer Protocol
Introduction * Introduction to HTTP and HTML * HTTP Protocol * An Example * HTTP Statistics * Performance Problems * Summary
Chapter 14. Packets Found on an HTTP Server
Introduction * Multiple HTTP Servers * Client SYN Interarrival Time * RTT Measurements * listen Backlog Queue * Client SYN Options * Client SYN Retransmissions * Domain Names * Timing Out Persist Probes * Simulation of T/TCP Routing Table Size * Mbuf Interaction * TCP PCB Cache and Header Prediction * Summary
Chapter 15. NNTP: Network News Transfer Protocol
Introduction * NNTP Protocol * A Simple News Client * A More Sophisticated News Client * NNTP Statistics * Summary
Part 3. The Unix Domain Protocols
Chapter 16. Unix Domain Protocols: Introduction
Introduction * Usage * Performance * Coding Examples * Summary
Chapter 17. Unix Domain Protocols: Implementation
Introduction * Code Introduction * Unix domain and protosw Structures * Unix Domain Socket Address Structures * Unix Domain Protocol Control Blocks * uipc_usrreq Function * PRU_ATTACH Request and unp_attach Function * PRU_DETACH Request and unp_detach Function * PRU_BIND Request and unp_bind Function * PRU_CONNECT Request and unp_connect Function * PRU_CONNECT2 Request and unp_connect2 Function * socketpair System Call * pipe System Call * PRU_ACCEPT Request * PRU_DISCONNECT Request and unp_disconnect Function * PRU_SHUTDOWN Request and unp_shutdown Function * PRU_ABORT Request and unp_drop Function * Miscellaneous Requests * Summary
Chapter 18. Unix Domain Protocols: I/O and Descriptor Passing
Appendix A. Measuring Network Times
RTT Measurements Using Ping * Protocol Stack Measurements * Latency and Bandwidth
Appendix B. Coding Applications for T/TCP
Bibliography
Index
Customer Reviews
Customer Reviews: 1 Average Customer Rating: Jul 27, 2002 dmp from United States
Another Classic...
What can I say? Another tech-heavy book from the greatest writer of UNIX books. The books deals pretty heavily with T/TCP, but also has a great deal of coverage for HTTP, NNTP, etc.
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