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June 13, 2000 0124558461 978-0124558465 1
Border Gateway Protocol defines how backbone routing (i.e., routing on a line carrying data gathered from smaller lines) is carried out on the Internet or large intranets/extranets. BGP differs from its alternatives in that it is an industrial-strength routing protocol suitable for use in high-bandwidth backbone environments. Soon, all non-local Internet traffic will be routed via BGP, and, as intranets/extranets become more complex, BGP will become even more important in the corporate environment. Indeed, this transition is already in progress, and engineers are scrambling for precisely the sort of in-depth, reliable information on BGP that this volume provides.

Key Features
* You may be able to read these specifications online, but if you want to read them while away from your computer, you must print them out; to share them with a coworker, you must print them out; to take notes, you must print them out
* Rather than wading through countless RFCs, readers will quickly and easily access just what they're looking for, in a single book with an extensive index; This book presents a comprehensive collection of topic-specific documentation, providing all of the relevant RFCs, and eliminating the irrelevant
* The author's introduction and glossary ensures that all terms are defined and that context is provided to the reader
* This material that has never before been collected and indexed; A high-quality index means that readers no longer have to search through dozens of documents to find answers - all answers are included in a single book, and you can easily access just what you're looking for in the extensive index

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About the Author

Pete Loshin writes and consults about Internet protocols and open source network technologies. Formerly on staff at BYTE Magazine, Information Security Magazine and other publications, his work appears regularly in leading trade publications and websites including CPU, Computerworld, PC Magazine, EarthWeb, Internet.com, and CNN. Pete Loshin, Independent Consultant


Product Details

  • Paperback: 450 pages
  • Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann; 1 edition (June 13, 2000)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0124558461
  • ISBN-13: 978-0124558465
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.4 x 1.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,909,135 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Yes, it's a collection of RFCs, October 4, 2000
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This review is from: Big Book of Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) RFCs (The Big Books Series) (Paperback)
It's kind of weird that some people seem surprised to find that this book, titled "Big Book of BGP RFCs" consists of almost nothing but RFCs. As if someone is trying to pull the wool over their eyes.

Not!

The title says it, the introduction says it, and the description from the guy who compiled it says it: almost everything in this book is available on line. If you happen to want to have a convenient way to refer to these RFCs without printing them out yourself then buy this book. If you prefer to record all your music off the radio, then by all means print them out yourself and save a few bucks.

I've printed out a lot of RFCs and put them in binders, and I'm happy to save the trouble of printing, punching the holes, and putting them in a binder. So what if it costs $30--if your time is valuable, then it's worth it. I like the index, too, which gives me something I can't get when I print the RFCs out myself.

If you want a collection of RFCs about BGP, with an index, then this is a great book.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Convenient package, even if they're all online, September 28, 2000
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I bought this book because it's a handy package; I use the online archives all the time, but I also print out a lot of RFCs, and I like having them all in a book with an index. The author states right up front that all the RFCs are online (even gives URLs for an archive....) so it's not like he's trying to pull a fast one or anything.

If you're some uber-networking-geek, then you probably have some secret macro in emacs to help you read RFCs, but for the rest of us mortals this is a convenient alternative.

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Pretty useful, October 16, 2000
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This was really helpful; reading the RFCs online is OK, but since a lot of them refer to other RFCs, it's easier to have the book to flip through.
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