Supporting Web Servers Interactive Workbook (Paperback)

Summary

• The first hands-on networking workbook for Web professionals!
• Maximizing the performance and reliability of your site's Internet connection
• Internet applications, protocols, security, scripting, and more
• Choosing and implementing next-generation technologies

Master the networking fundamentals every Web professional needs to know—fast!

This user-friendly, interactive workbook delivers all the networking knowledge you need to succeed as a Web professional! From network architectures to Ethernet components, optimization to streaming media, Web protocols to DSL access, it's here—organized for easy learning and rapid mastery. You'll find up-to-date techniques for maximizing the performance of your Web connection, securing your site, choosing next-generation technologies, client-side and Web-scripting, and much more. Coverage includes:

• Fundamentals: network characteristics, network models, WANs, internetworks, intranets, and extranets
• Architecture: packet-switched networks, client/server architectures, Ethernet, network components, and more
• Protocols: IP, TCP, UDP, DNS, HTTP, SMTP, MIME, FTP, MAC addresses, and more
• Applications: mail, web services, FTP, push and pull technologies, and streaming multimedia
• Connectivity: DSL, T-1/T-3, ISDN, wireless networks, and cable modem connectivity
• Security: Encryption, SSL, SHTTP, HTTP, SET, firewalls, sniffers, proxy servers, and VPNs
• Web Server Support: Web development, scripting, JavaScript, Jscript, ECMAScript, CGI, server-side APIs, and dynamic content

If you're going to make the most of your connection to the Internet, you need an in-depth, hands-on understanding of networking. With Supporting Web Servers, that's exactly what you'll get—faster than you ever imagined.