TCP/IP and NFS

Open Systems are changing the face of the computer industry. With the increasing importance of the personal workstation, everyone from systems programmers to DP Managers needs to understand the principles behind networking heterogeneous systems.

This highly practical book is designed for non-network specialists to enable them to understand the techniques involved in networking with TCP/IP and NFS in a UNIX environment.

Features of the book include:

• A concise introduction to basic networking concepts and terminology.
• Thorough coverage of TCP/IP including an explanation of protocol operations showing their advantages and disadvantages.
• An overview of the commands and utilities for TCP/IP usage and management in a UNIX system.
• An accessible account of NFS , its protocols and implementation including practical hints on how to operate an NFS network.
• A summary of the facilities for programmers that are available with TCP/IP and NFS.

This book is an invaluable guide for all UNIX users, systems programmers and network administrators who need to familiarize themselves with the principles behind TCP/IP and NFS, and to anyone needingh practical guidance in the planning, installation and operation of a LAN with UNIX systems.

1. Protocols
• Why do we need protocols?
• The Open Systems Interconnection reference model
• Tasks of a protocol
• Connection-oriented and connectionless protocols
2. Genesis of the TCP/IP architecture
• The beginnings of ARPANET
• Goals of the TCP/IP architecture
• Comparison of OSI and TCP/IP architecture
• Importance of the Berkeley UNIX implementation
3. TCP/IP — layers 1 to 4
• General specifications
• Internet Protocol
• Transmission Control Protocol
• User Datagram Protocol
• Internet Control Message Protocol
• Ethernet and IEEE 802.3
• Serial Line IP
• X.25
4. TCP/IP — layers 5 to 7
• TELNET
• File Transfer Protocol
• Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
• Trivial File Transfer Protocol
5. Berkeley r-utilities
• $HOME/.rhosts and /etc/hosts.equiv
• rlogin
• rsh
• rcp
• ruptime and rwho
• rexec
6. TCP/IP administration
• Loopback driver
• Configuration files in /etc
• hostname
• netstat
• ifconfig
• arp
• ping
• trpt
• inetd
7. Internetworking
• Gateways, bridges and routers
• Routting
• Domain Name Service
• Network Management
8. Introduction to NFS
• Presentation of the NFS technology
• Steps to network integration
• Alternatives to NFS
9. NFS protocols
• Classification of NFS protocols
• Remote Procedure Call
• External Data Representation
• Port mapper
• Network File System protocol
• MOUNT protocol
• Network Information Service
10. Implementation of NFS
• NFS software packages
• Implementation of NFS under UNIX
• Mounting NFS file systems
• Diagnosis of RPC and NFS problems
• Lock manager
• NFS-based services
• NFS specialities
• NFS start-up, operation and management
• Remote file system organization
11. Programmer interfaces
• Socket interface
• TLI and XTI
• RPC/XDR programming

One of the best intro books on NFS in its day. Nowadays, it is a bit dated, but there exists a 2^nd edition, which is supposed to fix that.