| | |  | WAN | Home » » » » Casting the Net: From ARPANET to INTERNET and Beyond | | | | | | | Product Promotions: | | | | | Description: | | Focusing on the design decisions and standards which have made internetworking possible, this new book charts the intriguing history of this communications/computing phenomenon. From its beginnings as a Department of Defense project to its current position as the global network for computing communications, the full Internet story is told here. | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Peter H. Salus | | Paperback:
| 320 pages | | Publisher:
| Addison-Wesley Professional | | Publication Date:
| May 01, 1995 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 0201876744 | | Product Length:
| 9.41 inches | | Product Width:
| 6.42 inches | | Product Height:
| 0.7 inches | | Product Weight:
| 0.88 pounds | | Package Length:
| 9.2 inches | | Package Width:
| 6.2 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.7 inches | | Package Weight:
| 1.05 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 3 reviews |
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6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
I have more to say after reading another book...Dec 10, 1999
By Thomas Sheldon
"NetAdmin_writer"
I just finished reading "Where Wizards Stay up Late," another Internet history book. It is just as good and I actually felt a little nastalgia after reading the book, as if I were there myself. I highly recommend both books if you want to learn how all this technology developed. By the way, this book reads more like a novel. The Salus book reads more like a good rendering of the RFCs. But all these writers have done their job in interviewing the historical figures.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
This pieces it all togetherDec 07, 1999
By Thomas Sheldon
"NetAdmin_writer"
I came across this book while writing "The Encyclopedia of Networking." What a great resource. I was trying to write a historical outline by referring to the RFCs written during the early years of the Internet. What a task! This book puts it all into perspective. Salus has interviewed the people involved, including Cerf and many others, and in so doing, has made a major contribution to the Internet historical archives. Never mind that it is getting a little dated. Its a great read and kept me up past midnight.
6 of 7 found the following review helpful:
A terrific look at the birth of the InternetOct 19, 1998
If you want to find out how things like the Internet, Usenet and other services we take for granted were developed, there's no better book than this one. Salus gives a detailed chronology of the Internet's history and development, with interviews of the people involved and numerous excerpts from RFCs and other documents. There's even details on how the alt.* hierarchy of Usenet newsgroups was born, with a debunking of the rumor that it stands for Anarchists, Lunatics and Terrorists. A terrific book.
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