Big Book of Internet Host Standards

Internet host requirements are specified by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). Published online as RFCs (Requests for Comments), these requirements are designated as part of the STD (Standards) document series, and must be supported by any standards-compliant system connected to the Internet. Anyone involved in building or maintaining any system connected to the Internet, whether a server, a host, or an appliance, needs this essential information to learn exactly how to make it standards-compliant. Likewise, anyone supporting TCP/IP systems should turn to this volume for information on how their systems, servers, and networks, should behave.

This book compiles and organizes these essential documents in a single printed volume, adding an introduction and an extensive index. This means you no longer have to search through various RFCs in hopes of finding the answer to your host requirement question - all relevant standards are compiled here, with an extensive index that makes it easy to locate precisely the answer you need. If you buy one host requirement reference, this is the one to choose. Written by members of the IETF, this compilation is the most comprehensive and authoritative host requirement reference available.

Features

• User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
• Internet Protocol (IP)
• Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)
• Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
• Host Extensions for IP Multicasting
• Requirements for Internet Hosts - Communication Layers, Application, and Support

Authors:

Pete Loshin started using the Internet in 1988 and has written a dozen books about the Internet, electronic commerce, and TCP / IP. Formerly an editor at BYTE Magazine, he has written articles for Information Security, PC World, PC Magazine, Communication News, PC Week, Telecommunications, and other well-known trade publications. Pete is based in eastern Massachusetts and can be reached at pete@loshin.com for consulting on Internet issues. Check out his Web site www.Internet-Standard.com for more about Internet standards.

Table of Contents:

RFC 768 User Datagram Protocol

RFC 791 Internet Protocol

RFC 792 Internet Control Message Protocol

RFC 793 Transmission Control Protocol

RFC 919 Broadcasting Internet Datagrams

RFC 922 Broadcasting Internet Datagrams in the Presence of Subnets

RFC 950 Internet Standard Subnetting Procedure

RFC 1112 Host Extensions for IP Multicasting

RFC 1122 Requirements for Internet Hosts -- Communication Layers

RFC 1123 Requirements for Internet Hosts -- Application and Support

RFC 1127 A Perspective on the Host Requirements RFCs

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