Sams Teach Yourself TCP/IP in 24 Hours

Joe Casad is an engineer who has written widely on PC networking and system administration. He has written twelve books on computers and networking, including MCSE Windows NT Server and Workstation Study Guide, MCSE Networking Essentials Training Guide, Windows NT Server 4.0 Professional Reference and Windows 98 Professional Reference. He is the former managing editor of the Network Administrator magazine and currently the Senior Editor of UNIX Review and Technical Editor of SysAdmin magazine. Joe also has a gift of being able to present difficult topics in an understandable manner.

(NOTE: Each chapter concludes with a Summary, Q&A, and Key Terms.)

Introduction.
I. TCP/IP BASICS.

Hour 1. What Is TCP/IP?


Networks and Protocols. The Development of TCP/IP.



The Internet. The Local Area Network (LAN).



TCP/IP Features.



Logical Addressing. Routing. Name Resolution. Error Control and Flow Control. Application Support.



Standards Organizations and RFCs.

Hour 2. How TCP/IP Works.


The TCP/IP Protocol System. TCP/IP and the OSI Model. Data Packages. A Quick Look at TCP/IP Networking.

II. THE TCP/IP PROTOCOL SYSTEM.

Hour 3. The Network Access Layer.


Protocols and Hardware. The Network Access Layer and the OSI Model. Network Architecture. Physical Addressing. Anatomy of a Frame. LAN Technologies.



Ethernet. Token Ring. FDDI.



Other Network-Access Technologies.

Hour 4. The Internet Layer.


Addressing and Delivering. Internet Protocol (IP).



IP Header Fields. IP Addressing. Converting a 32-Bit Binary Address to Dotted Decimal Format. Converting a Decimal Number to a Binary Octet. Classes D and Special IP Addresses.



Address Resolution Protocol (ARP). RARP. Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP).

Hour 5. Subnetting.


Subnets in TCP/IP. Converting a Subnet Mask to Dotted Decimal Notation. Working with Subnets. Classless Internet Domain Routing.

Hour 6. The Transport Layer.


Introducing the Transport Layer. Transport Layer Concepts.



Connection-Oriented and Connectionless Protocols. Ports and Sockets. Multiplexing/Demultiplexing.



Understanding TCP and UDP.



TCP: The Connection-Oriented Transport Protocol. TCP Data Format. TCP Connections. Establishing a Connection. TCP Flow Control. Closing a Connection. UDP: The Connectionless Transport Protocol.



A Note About Firewalls.

Hour 7. The Application Layer.


What Is the Application Layer? The TCP/IP Application Layer and OSI. Network Services.



File and Print Services. Name Resolution Services. Redirectors.



APIs and the Application Layer. Operating Environments and the Application Layer.



TCP/IP with NetBIOS. TCP/IP with NetWare.



TCP/IP Utilities.

Hour 8. Dial-Up TCP/IP.


A Look at Modems.



Point-to-Point Connections. Modem Protocols.



Serial Line Internet Protocol (SLIP).



What SLIP Does. Characteristics.



Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP).



How PPP Works. PPP Data. PPP Connections. Link Control Protocol (LCP). PPP: A View from the Client. New Uses for PPP.

III. NETWORKING WITH TCP/IP.

Hour 9. Network Hardware.


Divided Networks.



Bridges. Hubs. Switches. Routers.



Routing in TCP/IP.



What Is a Router? Introduction to Routing. Routing Table Concepts.



Network Address Translation (NAT).

Hour 10. Routing.


Introduction to Routing in TCP/IP. Recapping Routers.



A Look at IP Forwarding. Direct Versus Indirect Routing. Dynamic Routing Algorithms.



Routing on Complex Networks. Examining Interior Routers.



Routing Information Protocol (RIP). Open Shortest Path First (OSPF).

Hour 11. Name Resolution.


What Is Name Resolution? Name Resolution Using Hosts Files. DNS Name Resolution. Registering a Domain. Managing DNS.



Configuring the DNS Server. Configuring the DNS Client. DNS Utilities.



Dynamic DNS. NetBIOS Name Resolution. Methods for NetBIOS Name Resolution.



Broadcast-Based Name Resolution. LMHosts Files Name Resolution. Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) Name Resolution.



Testing NetBIOS Name Resolution.

Hour 12. Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP).


The Case for Server-Supplied IP Addresses. What Is DHCP? How DHCP Works.



Relay Agents. DHCP Time Fields.



Configuring DHCP.



DHCP Server Configuration in Windows. DHCP Server Configuration in Linux.

IV. TCP/IP UTILITIES.

Hour 13. Connectivity Utilities.


Connectivity Problems. Protocol Dysfunction and Misconfiguration.



Ping. Configuration Information Utilities. Address Resolution Protocol (ARP).



Line Problems. Name Resolution Problems. Network Performance Problems.



Traceroute. route. Netstat. Nbtstat. Packet Sniffers.



Using Connectivity Utilities to Troubleshoot Problems.

Hour 14. File Transfer and Access Utilities.


File Transfer Protocol (FTP). Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP). Remote Copy (RCP). Network File System (NFS).

Hour 15. Remote Access Utilities.


Telnet. Berkeley Remote Utilities.



Rlogin. Rcp. Rsh. Rexec. Ruptime. Rwho.



Remote Access and the Web.

V. TCP/IP AND THE INTERNET.

Hour 16. The Internet: A Closer Look.


How the Internet Looks. What Happens on the Internet.



The World Wide Web. E-Mail. Newsgroups. Chat.

Hour 17. HTTP, HTML, and the World Wide Web.


What Is the World Wide Web? A Closer Look at URLs. Understanding HTML. Understanding HTTP. Advanced HTML Techniques.



Server-Side HTML Techniques. Client-Side HTML Techniques.

Hour 18. E-Mail.


What Is E-Mail? How E-Mail Looks. How E-Mail Works. Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP). Retrieving the Mail.



POP3. IMAP4.



E-Mail Readers.



Pine. Eudora. Integrated E-Mail Applications.



Web-Based E-Mail.

Hour 19. What Hackers Do.


What Is a Hacker? What Do Hackers Want? Getting Passwords.



Looking Outside the Box. Trojan Horses. Guessing. Intercepting. What to Do About Password Attacks.



Other Access Techniques.



Buffer Overflow. Script Tricks. Session Hijacking. E-Mail Worms.



Getting Comfortable. Getting Ready for the Next Attack. Attacking a Network. Denial of Service Attacks.

VI. ADVANCED TOPOICS.

Hour 20. TCP/IP Security.


Encryption.



Algorithms and Keys. Symmetric (Conventional) Encryption. Asymmetric (Public Key) Encryption.



Securing TCP/IP.



SSL. IPSec. Pretty Good Privacy (PGP).



Kerberos.

Hour 21. Network Management Protocols.


Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).



The SNMP Address Space. SNMP Commands.



Remote Monitoring (RMON). Network Management Consoles.

Hour 22. The New Internet.


IPv6.



IPv6 Header Format. IPv6 Addressing. IPv6 with IPv4.



IPv6 and Quality of Service (QoS).

Hour 23. Recent and Emerging Technologies.


TCP/IP in the Future. The View from the Client.



Automated Updates. Downloading the Workspace. Client-End Processing. Network Computers. Terminal Clients.



The View from the Server.



Data Technologies. Clustering. Server Boxes.



What Is a Computer Anyway?

Hour 24. Implementing a TCP/IP Network-Seven Days in the Life of Maurice.


A Brief History of Hypothetical, Inc. Seven Days in the Life of Maurice.



Day 1: Getting Started. Day 2: Segmenting. Day 3: Dynamic Addresses. Day 4: Domain Name Resolution. Day 5: NetBIOS Name Resolution. Day 6: Firewalls. Day 7: Virtual Private Networking.

Index.