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The Nile on eBay   TCP / IP For Dummies by Candace Leiden, Marshall Wilensky Packed with the latest information on TCP/IP standards and protocols TCP/IP is a hot topic, because it's the glue that holds the Internet and the Web together, and network administrators need to stay on top of the latest developments. FORMATPaperback LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Publisher Description Packed with the latest information on TCP/IP standards and protocols TCP/IP is a hot topic, because it's the glue that holds the Internet and the Web together, and network administrators need to stay on top of the latest developments. TCP/IP For Dummies, 6th Edition, is both an introduction to the basics for beginners as well as the perfect go-to resource for TCP/IP veterans. The book includes the latest on Web protocols and new hardware, plus very timely information on how TCP/IP secures connectivity for blogging, vlogging, photoblogging, and social networking. Step-by-step instructions show you how to install and set up TCP/IP on clients and servers; build security with encryption, authentication, digital certificates, and signatures; handle new voice and mobile technologies, and much more. Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) is the de facto standard transmission medium worldwide for computer-to-computer communications; intranets, private internets, and the Internet are all built on TCP/IPThe book shows you how to install and configure TCP/IP and its applications on clients and servers; explains intranets, extranets, and virtual private networks (VPNs); provides step-by-step information on building and enforcing security; and covers all the newest protocolsYou'll learn how to use encryption, authentication, digital certificates, and signatures to set up a secure Internet credit card transaction Find practical security tips, a Quick Start Security Guide, and still more in this practical guide. Back Cover Keep your network up to date with the latest TCP/IP standards and protocols Now that IPv4 and IPv6 have joined and coexist, TCP/IP administration and standards have had quite a makeover. This book helps you catch up! Learn how to handle blogs and social networks, and get the scoop on new Web protocols, wireless routers, updated hardware, new voice and mobile technologies, security procedures to defend against new threats, and a whole lot more. Stack 'em up -- understand the TCP/IP layer stack and protocol stack Pick your system -- configure TCP/IP on Windows 7, Windows 2008, Mac OS X, Linux, Unix, Windows Vista, or Windows XP Go wireless -- set up a wireless router and network, configure TCP/IP for Wi-Fi, and handle security Safety's your business -- learn to use encryption, authentication, digital certificates, and signatures, and set up secure credit card transactions From 4 to 6 -- learn to use IPv6 solutions, build IPv6 addresses, and discover the advantages of dual protocol stacks All about e-mail -- explore the various e-mail protocols and how to secure and configure clients and services Socialize -- create connectivity for blogs, social networking sites, chats, and instant messaging Keep users happy -- secure your network and sniff out problems Open the book and find: Six steps to a complete TCP/IP configuration The pros and cons of trusted host files Common-sense best practices for network security How to configure DNS clients and servers Tips for managing cookies What to expect from a VoIP phone system How to set up and secure mobile IP Some different uses for TCP/IP Flap Keep your network up to date with the latest TCP/IP standards and protocols Now that IPv4 and IPv6 have joined and coexist, TCP/IP administration and standards have had quite a makeover. This book helps you catch up! Learn how to handle blogs and social networks, and get the scoop on new Web protocols, wireless routers, updated hardware, new voice and mobile technologies, security procedures to defend against new threats, and a whole lot more. Stack 'em up -- understand the TCP/IP layer stack and protocol stack Pick your system -- configure TCP/IP on Windows 7, Windows 2008, Mac OS X, Linux, Unix, Windows Vista, or Windows XP Go wireless -- set up a wireless router and network, configure TCP/IP for Wi-Fi, and handle security Safety's your business -- learn to use encryption, authentication, digital certificates, and signatures, and set up secure credit card transactions From 4 to 6 -- learn to use IPv6 solutions, build IPv6 addresses, and discover the advantages of dual protocol stacks All about e-mail -- explore the various e-mail protocols and how to secure and configure clients and services Socialize -- create connectivity for blogs, social networking sites, chats, and instant messaging Keep users happy -- secure your network and sniff out problems Open the book and find: Six steps to a complete TCP/IP configuration The pros and cons of trusted host files Common-sense best practices for network security How to configure DNS clients and servers Tips for managing cookies What to expect from a VoIP phone system How to set up and secure mobile IP Some different uses for TCP/IP Author Biography Candace Leiden consults on systems and database performance and instructional design for international courseware. Marshall Wilensky was a consultant and network manager for multiprotocol networks at Harvard University's Graduate School of Business Administration. Both are internationally known speakers. Table of Contents Introduction 1 About This Book 1 Conventions Used in This Book 2 Foolish Assumptions 2 How This Book Is Organized 3 Part I: TCP/IP from Names to Addresses 3 Part II: Getting Connected 3 Part III: Configuring Clients and Servers: Web, E-Mail, and Chat 4 Part IV: Even More TCP/IP Applications and Services 4 Part V: Network Troubleshooting and Security 4 Part VI: The Part of Tens 5 Icons Used in This Book 5 Where to Go from Here 6 Part I: TCP/IP from Names to Addresses 7 Chapter 1: Understanding TCP/IP Basics 9 Following Rules for the Internet: TCP/IP Protocols 10 Who's in charge of the Internet and TCP/IP? 10 Checking out RFCs: The written rules 12 Examining Other Standards Organizations That Add to the Rules 13 Distinguishing Between the Internet, an Internet, and an Intranet 13 Extending Intranets to Extranets 14 Introducing Virtual Private Networks 15 Exploring Geographically Based Networks 16 Networks connected by wires and cables 16 Wireless networks 17 The geography of TCP/IP 17 Chapter 2: Layering TCP/IP Protocols 19 Taking a Timeout for Hardware 19 Starting with network connection media 20 Colliding with Ethernet 20 Stacking the TCP/IP Layers 22 Layer 1: The physical layer 23 Layer 2: The data link layer 24 Layer 3: The internet layer 24 Layer 4: The transport layer 24 Layer 5: The application layer 25 TCP/IP For Dummies, 6th Edition viii Chewing through Network Layers: A Packet's Journey 25 Understanding TCP/IP: More than just protocols 27 Determining whether your network has a protocol, an application, or a service 27 Plowing through the Protocol List (In Case You Thought Only Two Existed) 28 Physical layer protocols 29 Data link layer protocols 29 Internet layer protocols 29 Transport layer protocols 31 Application layer protocols 36 Chapter 3: Serving Up Clients and Servers 43 Understanding the Server Side 43 Examining the server's job 44 Identifying types of servers 44 Using dedicated servers 45 Understanding the Client Side 45 Defining a client 45 Clients, clients everywhere 46 Answering the Question "Are You Being Served?" 46 Supporting TCP/IP with Client/Server and Vice Versa 47 Recognizing Other Internetworking Styles: Peer-to-Peer Computing 47 Determining whether peer-to-peer workgroups are still handy 48 P2P applications — P2P across the Internet 48 Chapter 4: Nice Names and Appetizing Addresses 51 What Did You Say Your Host's Name Is? 52 Playing the numbers game 52 Identifying a computer as uniquely yours 53 Translating names into numbers 54 Taking a Closer Look at IP Addresses 54 Savoring Classful Addressing 55 Recognizing the Parts of an IP Address 56 Class A is for a few enormous networks 57 Class B is for lots of big networks 57 Class C is for millions of small networks 57 Class D is for multicasting 57 Biting Down on Bits and Bytes 58 Obtaining an IP Address 60 Choosing whether to go public or stay private 60 Obeying the network police 61 Obtaining a globally unique IP address 61 Acquiring a static address 62 Getting dynamic addresses with DHCP 62 Finding out your IP address 62 Table of Contents ix Resolving Names and Addresses with DNS 64 Understanding the minimum amount of information about DNS 64 Using DNS to "Do Nifty Searches" 65 Describing Fully Qualified Domain Names (FQDNs) 65 Branching out into domains 66 Stalking new domains 68 Determining Whether the Internet Will Ever Fill Up 68 Choking on bandwidth 68 Panicking about not having enough addresses 69 Dishing Up More Kinds of Addresses 69 MAC: Media Access Control 69 Port numbers 70 Chapter 5: Need More Addresses? Try Subnetting and NAT 73 Working with Subnets and Subnet Masks 74 Defining subnet masks 76 Why a network has a mask when it has no subnets 76 Subnetting 101 77 Letting the DHCP Protocol Do the Work for You 79 One administrator's nightmare is another's fantasy 80 Understanding how the DHCP protocol works —it's client/server again 81 Being evicted after your lease expires 82 Sharing Addresses with Network Address Translation (NAT) 83 Understanding how NAT works 83 Securing NAT 84 Using NAT and DHCP to work together 84 Swallowing NAT incompatibilities 86 Digesting NAT-PT (Network Address Translation-Protocol Translation) 87 Part II: Getting Connected 89 Chapter 6: Configuring a TCP/IP Network — the Software Side 91 Installing TCP/IP? Probably Not 91 Detecting whether TCP/IP is installed 92 Determining whether it's, John Wiley & Sons Inc<

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