General Information

• PROTOCOLS.COM
• Good Book:"Networking Protocols: Signature Edition", by Matthew G. Naugle (amazon.com)
• Good Book:"Internet Core Protocols: The Definitive Guide", by Eric Hall (amazon.com)
• Good Book:"ISP Survival Guide: Strategies for Running a Competitive ISP", by Geoff Huston (amazon.com)

TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol)

• Introduction to TCP/IP (PCLT)
• Internet Protocols (Cisco)
• TCP/IP Tutorial and Technical Overview (IBM Redbook)
• Understanding IP Addresses (3Com)
• IP Reference Library (Ipsilon)
• TCP/IP FAQ Memo
• Raw IP Networking FAQ
• Introduction to the Internet Protocols
• Uri's TCP/IP Resources List
• Internet Protocol Links (ORNL)
• Introduction to the Internet Protocols
• IP Resource Center (Process)
• Good Book:"Internetworking with TCP/IP Vol. I: Principles, Protocols, and Architecture" by Douglas E. Comer (amazon.com)
• Good Book:"Tcp/Ip Explained" by Philip Miller (amazon.com)
• Good Book:"Tcp/Ip: Architcture, Protocols, and Implementation With Ipv6 and Ip Security" by Sidnie Feit (amazon.com)
• Good Book:"Inside Tcp/Ip: A Comprehensive Introduction to Protocols and Concepts" by Karanjit Siyan, et.al. (amazon.com)
• Good Book:"Tcp/Ip for Dummies" by Candace Leiden, Marshall Wilensky (amazon.com)
• Important TCP/IP Related RFCs:
  • IP: Internet Protocol (RFC-791)
  • ICMP: Internet Control Message Protocol (RFC-792)
  • TCP: Transmission Control Protocol (RFC-793)
  • ARP: Address Resolution Protocol (RFC-826)
  • IGMP: Internet Group Management Protocol (RFC-2236)
  • A TCP/IP Tutorial (RFC-1180)
  • Requirements for Internet Hosts - Communications Layers (RFC-1122)
  • Requirements for Internet Hosts - Application and Support (RFC-1123)
  • TCP Extensions for High Performance (RFC-1323)

IP Version 6 (IPv6) / Next Generation Internet (NGI)

• Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification (RFC-1883)
• IPv6.org
• IPv6 Forum
• 6bone: Testbed for deployment of IPv6
• 6ren: IPv6 Reserach and Education Networks
• IPv6 (3Com)
• IPng Home Page
• Internet Protocol: The Next Generation (IPng)
• IP Next Generation (ipngwg) Charter
• IP Next Generation Overview
• Next Generation Internet (NGI) Initiative
• Internet2 Home Page
• vBNS: very High Speed Backbone Network Service (MCI & NSF)
• IPv6 Over Everythin (Data Communications)
• Good Book:"Ipv6 Clearly Explained" by Peter Loshin (amazon.com)

Routing

• IP/Routing Consortium (UNH)
• TCP/IP and IPX routing tutorial
• Routing Basics (Cisco)
• LAN Protocols (from IBM Redbook)
• Cisco FAQ Memo
• Routing Tutorial
• Routing in the Internet
• TCP/IP and Routing
• Cisco's IOS Router Commands
• Internet Multicast (Comm Sys Design)
• Joining the Multicast Community (Comm Sys Design)
• First Generation Multicast Routing (Comm Sys Design)
• Multicast OSPF (Comm Sys Design)
• Sparse Mode Multicast (Comm Sys Design)
• Protocol Independent Multicast: Sparse Mode (Comm Sys Design)
• PIM-Sparse Mode: Elements of Procedure (Comm Sys Design)
• routerresources.com
• Good Book:"Cisco TCP/IP Routing Professional Reference" by Chris Lewis (amazon.com)
• Routing Protocols:
  • TCP/IP Routing Protocols (RGB Trinet)
  • Routing Information Protocol (Cisco)
  • RIP Information
  • Good Book:"RIP: An Intra-Domain Routing Protocol ", by Gary Scott Malkin (amazon.com)
  • Open Shortest Path First (Cisco)
  • Good Book:"OSPF: Anatomy of an Internet Routing Protocol ", by John T. Moy (amazon.com)
  • Border Gateway Protocol (Cisco)
  • The BGP Page by Joe Lindsay
  • BGP Routing Tutorial
  • Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (Cisco)
  • OSI Routing (Cisco)
  • CIDR FAQ
• Important Routing Related RFCs:
  • RIP: Routing Information Protocol (RFC-1058)
  • RIP2: Routing Information Protocol V2 (RFC-1723)
  • OSPF2: Open Shortest Path First Protocol V2 (RFC-2178)
  • HELLO Protocol (RFC-0891)
  • EGP: Exterior Gateway Protocol (RFC-0904)
  • DVMRP: Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol (RFC-1075)
  • BGP3: Border Gateway Protocol V3 (RFC-1267)
  • Requirements for IP Version 4 Routers (RFC-1812)
  • CIDR: Classless Inter-Domain Routing (RFC-1518)
  • VRRP: Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (RFC-2338)
  • PIM-SM: Protocol Independent Multicast-Sparse Mode (RFC-2362)
  • OSI IS-IS Intra-domain Routing Protocol (RFC-1142)
  • BGP Route Reflection (RFC-1966)
  • BGP Communities Attribute (RFC-1997)
  • BGP Route Flap Damping (RFC-2439)

E-Mail (POP, IMAP, SMTP, etc.)

• LAN Mail Protocols Summary
• MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions)
• SMTP: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (RFC-821)
• Mail: Format of Electronic Mail Messages (RFC-822)
• PEM: Privacy Enhanced Mail (RFC-1421)
• MIME: Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (RFC-1521)
• POP3: Post Office Protocol (RFC-1725)
• IMAP4: Interactive Mail Access Protocol (RFC-1730)
• The IMAP Connection
• LAN Mail Protocols
• Good Book:"Internet Email Protocols: A Developer's Guide" by Kevin Johnson (amazon.com)

FTP (File Transfer Protocol)

• FTP: File Transfer Protocol (RFC-959)

TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)

• TFTP: Trivial File Transfer Protocol (RFC-1350)

Telnet Protocol

• Telnet Protocol Specification (RFC-854)

Web RFCs

• Universal Resource Identifiers in WWW (RFC-1630)
• URN: Uniform Resource Names (RFC-1737)
• URL: Universal Resource Locators (RFC-1738)
• Relative Uniform Resource Locators (RFC-1808)

HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)

• HTTP: Hypertext Transfer Protocol, Version 1.0 (RFC-1945)
• HTTP: Hypertext Transfer Protocol, Version 1.1 (RFC-2068)

HTML (Hypertext Markup Language)

• HTML: Hypertext Markup Language 2.0 (RFC-1866)
• HTML Tables (RFC-1942)
• A Proposed Extension to HTML: Client-Side Image Maps (RFC-1980)

UDP (User Datagram Protocol)

• UDP: User Datagram Protocol (RFC-768)

PPP (Point to Point Protocol)

• PPP: The Point to Point Protocol (RFC-1661)
• PPP (Cisco)
• Point to Point Protocol (RGB Trinet)
• comp.protocols.ppp FAQ

SLIP (Serial Line Internet Protocol)

• SLIP: Serial Line Internet Protocol (RFC-1055)
• SLIP/PPP Homepage

DNS (Domain Name System)

• DNS: Domain Name System (RFC-1034)
• Domain Names: Implementation and Specification (RFC-1035)
• Domains FAQ Memo
• DNS Resources Directory
• Domain Name System: Turning a New Leaf (Data Communications)

DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol)

• Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (RFC-2131)
• DHCP Options and BOOTP Vendor Extensions (RFC-2132)
• DHCP Resources (Emory Univ)
• Introduction to BOOTP and DHCP (TNS)
• IP Address Management (NetReference)
• dhcp.org - Resources for DHCP
• How DHCP Works (EHS)
• Name Services - DNS, NIS, DHCP, and DDNS (Oceanwave)
• BIND information (ISC)

SOCKS

• SOCKS Protocol Version 5 (RFC-1928)
• SOCKS FAQ

NNTP (Network News Transfer Protocol)

• Network News Transfer Protocol (RFC-977)
• NNTP & INN

NTP (Network Time Protocol)

• Network Time Protocol Specification (RFC-1305)
• Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) (RFC-1769)
• Time Synchronization Server
• The Network Time Protocol (NTP) Distribution

LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol)

• LDAP Central
• LDAP Protocol (Univ of Michigan)
• LDAP Documentation (Univ of Michigan)
• Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (RFC-1777)
• LDAP FAQ (innosoft)
• An LDAP Roadmap & FAQ
• LDAP: Use as Directed (Data Communications)
• Lesson 113: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (Network Magazine)

NHRP (Next Hop Resolution Protocol)

• NHRP: NBMA Next Hop Resolution Protocol (RFC-2332)
• SCSP: Server Cache Synchronization Protocol (RFC-2334)
• IETF NHRP Related Drafts(temporary IETF drafts)
• Internetworking over NBMA (ION) Working Group Charter
• ION Working Group Agenda and Reading List
• ION FTP Archive Site

MPLS (Multi-protocol Label Switching)

IP Multicast

• IP Multicast Home Page (IPMI)
• How IP Multicast Works (IPMI)
• Introduction to IP Multicast Routing (IPMI)
• Higher Level Protocols used with IP Multicast (RTP, RTCP, RTSP, RSVP) (IPMI)
• Multimedia Over IP (Data Communications)
• IP Multicast: Making It Happen (Data Communications)
• An Introduction to IP Multicasting
• IP Multicasting: Concepts, Algorithms, and Protocols (IGMP, RPM, CBT, DVMRP, MOSPF, PIM, MBONE) (Ohio State)
• Host Extensions for IP Multicasting (IGMP) (RFC-1112)
• Internet Group Management Protocol, Version 2 (IGMP2) (RFC-2236)
• Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol (DVMRP) (RFC-1075)
• Multicast Extensions to OSPF (MOSPF) (RFC-1584)
• IETF MOSPF Charter
• Multicast Transport Protocols
• IP Multicast Address Assignments (Lexicon)
• MBONE FAQ
• MBONE Information
• IP Multicast: Ready for Prime Time (Telecommunications Magazine)

RSVP (Resource ReSerVation Protocol)

• RSVP: Resource ReSerVation Protocol (RSVP) (RFC-2205)
• QoS Over the Internet: RSVP
• RSVP Charter (IETF)
• RSVP Overview
• Cisco and RSVP
• Resource-Reservation Protocol (Cisco)
• RSVP Comes on Strong (LAN Times)
• RSVP: A Priority Problem? (Data Communications)

diffserv (Differentiated Services)

• IEFT Differentiated Services (diffserv) Charter
• An Architecture for Differentiated Services (RFC-2475)
• Definition of the Differentiated Services Field (DS Field) in the IPv4 and IPv6 Headers (RFC-2474)
• A Provider Architecture for Differentiated Services and Traffic Engineering (PASTE) (RFC-2430)
• Differentiated Services White Paper (Intel)
• Differentiated Services for Internet2
• ISA: Next-Generation Internet (Comm Sys Design)
• Muneyb's Differentiated Services Page
• Differentiated Services, by William Stallings (Comm Sys Design)
• Good Book:"Differentiated Services for the Internet" by Kalevi Kilkki (amazon.com)

intserv (Integrated Services)

• IEFT Integrated Services (intserv) Charter
• Trillium IP Quality of Service White Paper

IPSec (IP Security Protocol), Security, Encryption

• IP Security Protocol Charter (IETF)
• Security Architecture for the Internet Protocol (RFC-2401)
• IP Authentication Header (AH) (RFC-2402)
• IP Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) (RFC-2406)
• The Internet Key Exchange (IKE) (RFC-2409)
• IPSec Developer's Forum
• RSA Labs
• IP Security Working Group News
• Lewis' IPSEC Page
• ipsec.org Email Lists
• Cryptography A-2-Z (SSH)
• Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) (NIST)
• Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS)
• IPsec (Data Communications)
• CERT Coordination Center (Carnegie Mellon Univ)
• CIAC Security Website (US DOE)
• Encryption and Security-related Resources
• Ronald Rivest's links to Cryptography and Security information
• RSA Laboratories' Cryptography FAQ
• Lesson 115: IP Security (Network Magazine)
• Understanding the IPSec Protocol Suite (Timestep - PDF File)
• Good Book:"IP Sec: The New Security Standard for the Internet, Intranets and Virtual Private Networks" by Naganand Doraswamy, Dan Harkins (amazon.com)

Firewalls

• Firewall Services: More Bark Than Bite (Data Communications)
• A History of Firewall Technology (Network Magazine)
• Firewalls Mailing List
• Internet Firewalls FAQ
• Firewall and Proxy Server HOWTO
• Firewall Approach to Internet Security - Tutorial (Alliance Datacom)
• What Are Firewalls and Do I Really Need One? (HelloDirect)

IP over ATM

IP over SONET, Packet over SONET (POS)

• PPP over SONET/SDH (RFC-2615)
• Packet Over Sonet: Ringing Up Speed (Data Communications)
• Packet over SONET/SDH (POS) (Cisco)

Voice Over IP (VOIP)

• pulver.com (VOIP information and links)
• Internet Telephony Consortium
• Voice Over IP Services: The Sound Decision (Data Communications)
• Voice over Packet Tutorial (Telogy)
• Internet Telephony Tutorial (Siemens)
• An Introduction to VoIP Based Networks (Newbridge)
• Voice over IP: References (Ohio State)
• VoIP Hot Links (protocols.com)
• VOIP (Data Communications)
• SIP: Session Initiation Protocol (RFC-2543)
• SIP Information
• Good Book:"IP Telephony" by Walter J. Goralski, Matthew C. Kolon (amazon.com)

Multimedia Communications, Real-time Audio and Video, H323

• International Multimedia Teleconferencing Consortium (IMTC)
• Standards info from IMTC (H.323, etc.)
• H.323 Tutorial (Trillium)
• A Primer on the H.323 Series Standard (DataBeam)
• OpenH323 Project
• Lesson 126: H.323 (Network Magazine)

OSI (Open Systems Interconnection)

• OSI FAQ Memo
• Internetworking Basics (Cisco)
• OSI Protocols (Cisco)
• The OSI Seven-Layer Model (NETC)
• OSI (Open Systems Interconnection) (whatis.com)
• Protocol Stacks in Relationship to the OSI Model
• ISO 7498, Open System Interconnection Model
• ISO 8473, ConnectionLess Network Protocol (CLNP)
• ISO 9542, End System to Intermediate System Protocol (ESIS)
• ISO 10747, Inter-Domain Routing Protocol (IDRP)

FTAM (File Transfer, Access, and Management)

• FTP-FTAM Gateway Specification (RFC-1415)
• File Transfer, Access and Management (SUN)

IPX (Internetwork Packet eXchange), Netware

• Novell Mailing List FAQ Memo
• NetWare Protocols (Cisco)
• Netware Link Services Protocol (NLSP) (Cisco)
• TCP/IP and IPX Routing Tutorial (Sangoma)
• Netware SAPs (Lexicon)
• NetWare Connection Magazine
• Open Data-Link Interface (ODI) (TNS)
• Netware Link-Services Protocol (NLSP) (Cisco)
• Inside Netware (ZD Journals)
• Novell Protocols (protocols.com)

AppleTalk

• AppleTalk on the UIUC Campus
• Understanding AppleTalk Routing
• AppleTalk (Cisco)
• AppleTalk Simple Multicast Routing Protocol (SMRP) (Cisco)
• Lesson 25: The AppleTalk Protocols (Network Magazine)

DECnet

• The DECnet Phase IV Specifications (DEC)
• Routing DECnet (Cisco)
• DECnet (Cisco)

XNS (Xerox Network Systems)

• XNS Protocols (Cisco)

Banyan Vines

• Banyan Vines (Cisco)

NETBIOS

• NetBIOS Specification

APPC, APPN, SNA

• SNA and Internetworks (Data Communications)
• Introduction to APPC (PCLT)
• Introduction to SNA (PCLT)
• APPN Implementors Workshop (AIW) Home Page (IBM)
• Links to APPN/SNA Sites (IBM)
• SNA in the Multi-Networked Era (3Com)
• APPN Technical Documents (Cisco)
• SNA and IP: Managing the Mix (Data Communications)
• APPN/HPR in IP Networks (RFC-2353)
• IBM SNA Protocols (Cisco)
• IBM SNA Routing (Cisco)
• SNA Over Frame Relay (Telecommunications Magazine)

DLS, DLSw (Data Link Switching)

• Data Links Switching: Switch-to-Switch Protocol (RFC-1795)
• APPN Implementor's Workshop: DLSw v2.0 Enhancements (RFC-2166)
• AIW Data Link Switching RIG (IBM)
• Links to DLS Sites (IBM)
• DLSw and DLSw+ (Cisco)

VLANs (Virtual LANs)

• VLAN White Paper (3Com)
• Virtual LANs? (Data Communications)
• Virtual Local Area Networks (Ohio State)
• Cisco VLAN Roadmap (Cisco)
• Virtual LAN Communications (Cisco)
• VLAN interoperability (Cisco)
• Cisco IOS VLAN Services (Cisco)
• Cisco VLAN Index (Cisco)
• Intel Virtual LANs Technical Brief
• Guide to Virtual LANs (NetReference)

Bridging

• Bridging Basics (Cisco)
• Transparent Bridging (Cisco)
• Source-Route Bridging (Cisco)
• Mixed-Media Bridging (Cisco)
• Bridges
• History of the Spanning Tree Algorithm (Data Communications)
• Lesson 11: Bridges (Network Magazine)
• Good Book:"Interconnections, Second Edition: Bridges, Routers, Switches, and Internetworking Protocols" by Radia Perlman (amazon.com)

Trunking / Link Aggregation

• Trunking Branches Out (Data Communications)
• IEEE 802.3 Trunking Study Group
• Sun Trunking White Paper (PDF file)

Jini

• Jini Connection Technology (Sun)
• Jini White Papers (Sun)
• JINI: A Pathway for Intelligent Network Storage (Seagate)
• Good Book:"Core Jini", by W. Keith Edwards (amazon.com)