On Fri, 18 May 2007 17:57:57 -0000, Jim Logajan <JamesL@Lugoj.com> wrote:
> Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.dyndns.org> wrote:
>> And that's why I like Stevens' TCP/IP Illustrated vol 1 better than
>> his UNIX Network Programming vol 1.
>
> Prior to Stevens' "UNIX Network Programming, Vol 1" there was his book of
> the same name, but in a single volume, published in 1990 titled simply
> "UNIX Network Programming". It mentioned the TCP/UDP/IP, XNS, SNA, netBIOS,
> OSI, and UUCP protocols and briefly compared them. It also went into some
> depth on an alternate API at the time to sockets: TLI.
>
> Because the older edition of his book dealt with more than just the sockets
> API and morer than just the TCP/IP protocol, it was able to provide some
> genuine context for design decisions made in the APIs due to the alternate
> protocols that were still viable at the time.

Thanks. Actually, this second edition still covers TLI (or rather its
decendant, XTI). I never really read that chapter (and I suspect most
others don't either). I blank out whenever OSI is mentioned.

/Jorgen

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