[174488] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Book / Literature Recommendations
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Daniel Rohan)
Wed Sep 17 00:34:31 2014
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Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 21:34:23 -0700
From: Daniel Rohan <drohan@gmail.com>
To: John Kristoff <jtk@cymru.com>
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+1 for Perlman's Interconnections. I love her humor peppered throughout.
On Tuesday, September 16, 2014, John Kristoff <jtk@cymru.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Sep 2014 09:48:45 +0100
> James Bensley <jwbensley@gmail.com <javascript:;>> wrote:
>
> > What is the single best book you have read on networking?
>
> I couldn't narrow it down to one, but since it hasn't been mentioned
> already, Radia Perlman's Interconnections. Her's is utterly fantastic
> largely in part because she often explains why some things are the way
> they are (how we got what we have) and sometimes why what we have isn't
> always so great. Other great books mentioned take a similar tack, they
> go beyond what is in written specs.
>
> John
>
