A prolific author, Comer's popular books have been translated into 16 languages, and are used in computer science, engineering, and business departments around the world. His landmark three-volume series Internetworking With TCP/IP revolutionized networking and network education. His textbooks and innovative laboratory manuals have shaped, and continue to shape, graduate and undergraduate curricula.

The accuracy and insight of Dr. Comer's books reflect his extensive background in computer systems. His research spans both hardware and software. He has created a complete operating system, written device drivers, and implemented network protocol software for conventional computers as well as network processors. The resulting software has been used by industry in a variety of products.

Comer has created and teaches courses on network protocols and computer technologies for a variety of audiences, including courses for engineers as well as academic audiences. His innovative educational laboratories allow him and his students to design and implement working prototypes of large, complex systems, and measure the performance of the resulting prototypes. He continues to teach at industries, universities, and conferences around the world. In addition, Comer consults for industry on the design of computer networks and systems.

For over 15 years, Professor Comer has served as editor-in-chief of the research journal Software-Practice and Experience. He is a fellow of the ACM, a Fellow of the Purdue Teaching Academy, and a recipient of numerous awards, including a Usenix Lifetime Achievement award

1 Introduction And Overview

2 Review Of Underlying Network Technologies

3 Internetworking Concept And Architectural Model

4 Classful Internet Addresses

5 Mapping Internet Addresses To Physical Addresses (ARP)

6 Internet Protocol: Connectionless Datagram Delivery

7 Internet Protocol: Forwarding IP Datagrams

8 Internet Protocol: Error And Control Messages (ICMP)

9 Classless And Subnet Address Extensions (CIDR)

10 Protocol Layering

11 User Datagram Protocol (UDP)

12 Reliable Stream Transport Service (TCP)

13 Routing Architecture: Cores, Peers, And Algorithms

14 Routing Between Peers (BGP)

15 Routing Within An Autonomous System (RIP, OSPF)

16 Internet Multicasting

17 IP Switching And MPLS

18 Mobile IP

19 Private Network Interconnection (NAT, VPN)

20 Client-Server Model Of Interaction

21 The Socket Interface

22 Bootstrap And Autoconfiguration (DHCP)

23 The Domain Name System (DNS)

24 Remote Login And Desktop (TELNET, SSH)

25 File Transfer And Access (FTP, TFTP, NFS)

26 Electronic Mail (SMTP, POP, IMAP, MIME)

27 World Wide Web (HTTP)

28 Voice And Video Over IP (RTP, RSVP, QoS)

29 Network Management (SNMP)

30 Internet Security And Firewall Design (IPsec, SSL)

31 A Next Generation IP (IPv6)

Appendix 1: A Look At RFCs 582

Appendix 2: Glossary Of Internetworking Terms and Abbreviations

Bibliography