This is the long-awaited 3rd Edition of Tanenbaum's classic book on computer networking. The finest network engineer I know (who was stolen from my previous employer by developers of IPv6) swears by this book, and it is arguably the best single resource for gaining a good technical understanding of modern networking in the mid 1990s. Very Highly Recommended.

Dr. Dobb's Journal

Computer Networks won't save one minute over the next year. It has no step-by-step procedures, no problem solving sections, and no butt-saving tricks. The only purpose it can serve at a downed site is as a shield against thrown objects from frustrated users. Normally, theoretical books like this one receive a quick skim and are promptly sent to my for-looks-only tome tomb. However, this isn't a normal theoretical book. It's fascinating. In fact, I read it not once but three times. Tanenbaum fills over 700 pages with everything I didn't know, or better still, only thought I knew about networks. --Don Bryson, Dr. Dobb's Journal

CONTENTS

Preface

About the Author

Chapter 1. Introduction

Section 1.1. Uses of Computer Networks

Section 1.2. Network Hardware

Section 1.3. Network Software

Section 1.4. Reference Models

Section 1.5. Example Networks

Section 1.6. Network Standardization

Section 1.7. Metric Units

Section 1.8. Outline of the Rest of the Book

Section 1.9. Summary

Chapter 2. The Physical Layer

Section 2.1. The Theoretical Basis for Data Communication

Section 2.2. Guided Transmission Media

Section 2.3. Wireless Transmission

Section 2.4. Communication Satellites

Section 2.5. The Public Switched Telephone Network

Section 2.6. The Mobile Telephone System

Section 2.7. Cable Television

Section 2.8. Summary

Chapter 3. The Data Link Layer

Section 3.1. Data Link Layer Design Issues

Section 3.2. Error Detection and Correction

Section 3.3. Elementary Data Link Protocols

Section 3.4. Sliding Window Protocols

Section 3.5. Protocol Verification

Section 3.6. Example Data Link Protocols

Section 3.7. Summary

Chapter 4. The Medium Access Control Sublayer

Section 4.1. The Channel Allocation Problem

Section 4.2. Multiple Access Protocols

Section 4.3. Ethernet

Section 4.4. Wireless LANs

Section 4.5. Broadband Wireless

Section 4.6. Bluetooth

Section 4.7. Data Link Layer Switching

Section 4.8. Summary

Chapter 5. The Network Layer

Section 5.1. Network Layer Design Issues

Section 5.2. Routing Algorithms

Section 5.3. Congestion Control Algorithms

Section 5.4. Quality of Service

Section 5.5. Internetworking

Section 5.6. The Network Layer in the Internet

Section 5.7. Summary

Chapter 6. The Transport Layer

Section 6.1. The Transport Service

Section 6.2. Elements of Transport Protocols

Section 6.3. A Simple Transport Protocol

Section 6.4. The Internet Transport Protocols: UDP

Section 6.5. The Internet Transport Protocols: TCP

Section 6.6. Performance Issues

Section 6.7. Summary

Chapter 7. The Application Layer

Section 7.1. DNSThe Domain Name System

Section 7.2. Electronic Mail

Section 7.3. The World Wide Web

Section 7.4. Multimedia

Section 7.5. Summary

Chapter 8. Network Security

Section 8.1. Cryptography

Section 8.2. Symmetric-Key Algorithms

Section 8.3. Public-Key Algorithms

Section 8.4. Digital Signatures

Section 8.5. Management of Public Keys

Section 8.6. Communication Security

Section 8.7. Authentication Protocols

Section 8.8. E-Mail Security

Section 8.9. Web Security

Section 8.10. Social Issues

Section 8.11. Summary

Chapter 9. Reading List and Bibliography

Section 9.1. Suggestions for Further Reading

Section 9.1.1. Introduction and General Works
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