The Open Source Zone

I bought this book straight from the author two years ago. I has been invaluable to me but then again, I'm pursuing a masters in Information Assurance and before that undergraduate Computer and Information Science. For pros already in the soup, maybe a quick guide would be preferred but I needed to learn everything from scratch (online at that). I also have the Stevens "Bible" but this one goes into more detail and it has saved me many times. I love, love, love it!

The book wasn't in as good condition as advertised. If I knew how bad the binding was beforehand, I wouldn't have purchased the product because the book was about to completely split open. I didn't want to deal with the hassle of a refund, so I just tried repairing it myself.

This is a great book/reference for any networking enthusiast. I wanted to brush up on my networking skills with TCP/IP and after doing a lot of research for a good book, I found this wonderful book.

Easy to pick up, especially if you already have knowledge with TCP/IP! Pick this book up and you won't regret it!

I searched many books for an author that can explain VLSM/CIDR concepts. This is the best book I found on the subject. The author explained a complex topic so simply, I wondered why so many networking books (cisco books in particular) could not delve into it in this eloquent and fruitful manner. Most other books contain scant little info and poor presentation to explain VLSM/CIDR. This book told me everything I need to know on the topic.

...if you get this book. This guy takes you through the overview of the internet, and deep into the jungle of protocols, technologies, servers, clients, and nitty gritty details, without loosing you on the way! And the language..., and the explanations..., if you don't "get it" from this book, you should really consider doing something else :-).