[79613] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: books every network operator should read?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert E.Seastrom)
Tue Apr 12 08:04:41 2005
To: "Eric Pylko" <eric@infinitenetworks.us>
Cc: <nanog@merit.edu>
From: Robert E.Seastrom <rs@seastrom.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 08:04:13 -0400
In-Reply-To: <20050412013200.9D56B1861@testbed9.merit.edu> (Eric Pylko's
message of "Mon, 11 Apr 2005 21:32:14 -0400")
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
"Eric Pylko" <eric@infinitenetworks.us> writes:
> One of my favorites is "The Elements of Networking Style" by M.A. Padlipsky.
> The description starts off as "The World's Only Known Constructively Snotty
> Computer Science Book..."
>
> My copy (acquired sometime in the early 90's) was recommended by someone on
> a mailing list or perhaps even comp.dcom.lans or something like that.
Believe it or not, it's back in print.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0132681110/102-5658405-7869729?v=glance
I've never met Pad in person, but if you've read his papers and
Elements of Networking Style, it'll come as no surprise that a close
friend of mine who worked with him at MITRE describes him as "a
fascinating character". ;)
---Rob
