Networking CD Bookshelf (Paperback)

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Practically every network administrator has a shelf full of O'Reilly animal books to help decode the mysteries of software, services, and connectivity techniques--but that multicolored bookshelf isn't too portable. Now, harried administrators who have technical problems away from the office need only load The Networking CD Bookshelf in their laptops and be on their way. This single disk holds the full text of six popular O'Reilly titles--TCP/IP Network Administration, DNS and BIND, Sendmail, Sendmail Desktop Reference, Practical Unix and Internet Security, and Building Internet Firewalls--making it an excellent value.

When you load the disk, an HTML welcome page pops up in your browser, allowing you to view the table of contents of any of the books. From there, you can drill down to the specific chapter and section that contains the information you're looking for. The disk also includes a combined index of all six books, so it's easy to find the information that interests you. The text itself contains links to related sections, as well as all illustrations. Though it's possible to perform a full-text search on all six books, this Java-based feature seems rather slow.

The publisher packs this CD-ROM with a traditional printed copy of DNS and BIND, Third Edition, as a bonus, but The Networking CD Bookshelf CD-ROM represents an excellent value by itself. --David Wall

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"...at a total of 3,500 pages, this is one of the most in-depth resources reviewed here, so network and system administrators can find anything they need in one click, with easy-to-navigate books and a search engine that checks through every text." - Heather McLean, IT Training, June --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 499 pages
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media; 1 edition (May 15, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1565925238
• ISBN-13: 978-1565925236
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,907,045 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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21 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars (2nd. Submission) Macintosh owners, read this before buying:, April 10, 1999

By	Marco De Vivo "mata-hackers" (Miami, Florida United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I already own the whole set of (excellent) books, nevertheless I bought the CD basically to get the added benefit of direct access searching. Alas, I lost the money. I use an iMAC to do my research works. Well it turned out that the search engine included in the CD doesn't work directly, but uses a tricky TCP/IP connection against a 'search server' written in Java. In my iMAC (that I keep completely updated) it just doesn't work. First, you need a connection of some sort (even simulated) to resolve the localhost/127.0.0.1 pair (as MAC TCP doesn't use a Host table). If (and when) the server starts, it sends erroneous results to the browser (spaces are interpreted as delimiters so that 'System Folder is passed as 'System' thus causing the browser to be unable of find the right location). The server fails under MRJ 2.1 and MRJ 2.1.1 (it even fails to correctly install the preferences). A short letter to ORA just obtained the well known 'not our fault but of the server (external) implementors'...and 'very hard efforts to implement it on Macintosh'!?. Otherwise the port to HTML is excellent.

2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent selection, August 26, 1999

By A Customer

I had always been an O'reily fan and this network CD set, not only is great but a lot more convenient. I can have a terminal window and a browser open at the same time. Very convenient and it is all you need to start networking.

6 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Realmente excelente !!!!, April 14, 1999

By A Customer

Creo que es un excelente recurso para quien tiene que administrar redes. El hecho de tener en un solo CD Sendmail, DNS,TCP/IP, Firewall y Security es invaluable a la hora de consultar y solucionar problemas. Si bien prefiero a la hora de leer con tranquilidad el libro en papel, en el momento de buscar soluciones en el trabajo, el CD ha probado ser una gran ayuda.