Networking for Systems Administrators
by Michael W Lucas · first published 2015
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"Networking for Systems Administrators" by Michael W. Lucas. In retrospect, should've been called "Networking for programmers". Short. Concise. Examples for all operating systems including Windows. That will get you started. After that, to…
on “Ask HN: Good book to learn modern networking?” ↗>shockingly large numbers of "computer professionals" have no idea how networks work Incidentally, if you suspect you yourself are this, I can't recommend any book more highly than Michael W. Lucas's Networking for Systems Administrators. Don't be fooled by the title - the whole idea is to get you to the level where you can talk to a network engineer without looking totally clueless, and no farther - an excellent stopping point. I would…
on “MTR: 'traceroute' and 'ping' in a single tool” ↗Naming only ones I haven't seen mentioned in other comments: - Networking for Systems Administrators, by Michael W. Lucas. Its explicit goal is to teach you just enough about networking, from the electron up, that you can talk to an actual network engineer and not make a fool out of yourself. It's a…
on “Ask HN: What fiction/non-fiction book should everyone read on the topic of CS?” ↗As this is now basically a bundle with Networking for Systems Administrators. I have, at this point, spent years thinking of things to suggest to update it and can’t come up with anything. I suggest all new Unix and cloud people at my work read it. It will make a great companion…
on “Run Your Own Mail Server – By Michael W Lucas” ↗