Network Systems Design Using Network Processors - Hardcover

Comer, Douglas E.

 
9780131417922: Network Systems Design Using Network Processors

Synopsis

For advanced undergraduates or graduate students who have taken a basic computer networking course.

This unique network system design book shows how to build the bridges, switches, routers, firewalls, etc. that are the building blocks of today's Internet. This text, broken into four major sections―quick review of basics, packet processing, traditional protocol processing systems, network processors, and an example network processor―covers the concepts, principles, hardware and software architectures that underlie the design and implementation of network systems. This book provides the first overview of network processor technology.

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About the Author

Douglas E. Comer, professor of computer science at Purdue University and Fellow of the ACM, is one of the leading networking authorities. As a member of the Internet Architecture Board, he participated in the formation of the Internet in the late 1970s and 1980s.

Dr. Comer consults with companies on the design and implementation of network systems.

From the Back Cover

Acknowledged computer networking expert Douglas Comer has authored the first-ever textbook on networking processors. Dr. Comer offers both professionals and advanced students comprehensive instruction on how to design and build network systems using the latest network processor technology. This unique text explains the software and hardware architectures used to implement the Internet, including switches, routers, bridges, NAT boxes, firewalls, intrusion-detection systems and load balancers.

Significant Features:
  • Focuses on how to build network systems
  • Discusses the motivation for and use of network processor technologies
  • Provides an overview of network processor architectures
  • Examines programming languages used with network processors and includes tested network processor code
  • Offers course notes and supplemental materials at http://www.npbook.cs.purdue.edu

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