UNIX Networking Clearly Explained

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 608 pages
• Published by: Morgan Kaufmann
• Edition: 1st Edition April 15, 1999
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0125521456
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0125521451
• Book Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.3 x 1.6 inches
• Weighs: 2.7 pounds

Product Review
Unix Networking Clearly Explained is a beginner's guide to using the Internet from a Unix platform--almost. Petersen is a lecturer in C programming and Unix courses at the University of California, and his style is, as the title suggests, clear, if perfunctory. He explains how to use Unix applications such as Elm, Pine, trn, tin, telnet, Archie, WAIS, and Gopher.

The advice is equally applicable to intranets and networks (other than the Internet) that employ TCP/IP or UUCP. The emphasis is most definitely on client applications rather than how to set up a Unix box to serve information. The book does cover remote access, but if daemons are your thing, look elsewhere. --Josh Smith, amazon.co.uk

Product Description
Unix has becomes the foremost operating systems platform for network servers and workstations. Many of the tools used currently for Internet access were designed originally on Unix. Unix Networking Clearly Explained<$> focuses on the Unix tools used for network and Internet access. The book covers the essentials of electronic mail as well as popular Unix mailers such as mailx, elm, pine, and mh. Detailed configuration features are addressed for each mailer. The various Unix newsreaders are covered in depth including trn, tin, and nn. The book also covers Internet tools as archie, telnet, ftp, Web browsers, and Gopher.
While not intended as a unix primer for system administration Unix Networking Clearly Explained<$> will introduce the basics of network administration. The focus of this book is on the end-user client software, rather than the technicalities of network administration. The aim of the book is to help users make use of all the Unix tools available on their local networks and the Internet. The content will introduce the reader to the complete range of unix networking capabilities so that a computing professional new to Unix will understand the basics before moving into the more complex area of Unix system administration.