Contents 
Foreword Xlll 
Preface XV 
Part I INTRODUCTION TO NETWORKING I
CHAPTER 1 Introduction 3 
Part II IP — INTERNET PROTOCOL 7 
CHAPTER 2 Fundamentals of IP 9
Part III TCP — TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL 17 
CHAPTER 3 Fundamentals of TCP I 19
CHAPTER 4 Scalable I/O 73 
CHAPTER 5 Scalablercp 117
CHAPTER 6 Firewalls 129 
CHAPTER 7 Secure Sockets 135 
CHAPTER 8 Scalable secure sockets i85 
Part IV UDP — USER DATAGRAM PROTOCOL 215 
CHAPTER 9 Unicast uDP 217 
CHAPTER 10 Scalable uDP 26l 
CHAPTER ii MulticastuDP 269 
Part V IN PRACTICE 297 
CHAPTER 12 Server and client models 299 
CHAPTER 13 Fallacies of networking 339 
Part VI APPENDICES 347