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Linux Network Administrator's Guide

The Linux Network Administrator's Guide is a book on setting up and running Unix and Linux networks. The first and second editions are freely available in electronic form under the GFDL. It was originally produced by Olaf Kirch and others as part of the Linux Documentation Project with help from O'Reilly. The second edition, from Terry Dawson, was released June 2000. The third edition of the guide was written by Tony Bautts, with assistance from Gregor N. Purdy in February 2005, but is not freely available like the previous two versions.

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Linux Network Administrator's Guide (1st Edition)
AuthorOlaf Kirch
PublisherO′Reilly
Publication date
1995
ISBN978-1565920873
Linux Network Administrator's Guide (2nd Edition)
AuthorOlaf Kirch & Terry Dawson
PublisherO'Reilly
Publication date
June 2000
ISBN978-1565924000
Websitehttp://www.tldp.org/LDP/nag2/index.html
Linux Network Administrator's Guide (3rd Edition)
AuthorTony Bautts, Terry Dawson, Gregor N. Purdy
PublisherO'Reilly
Publication date
February 2005
ISBN978-0596005481

The Linux Network Administrator's Guide is a book on setting up and running Unix and Linux networks.1 The first and second editions are freely available in electronic form under the GFDL. It was originally produced by Olaf Kirch and others as part of the Linux Documentation Project with help from O'Reilly.21 The second edition, from Terry Dawson, was released June 2000.3 The third edition of the guide was written by Tony Bautts, with assistance from Gregor N. Purdy in February 2005,4 but is not freely available like the previous two versions.

Contents

It includes the following sections:

References

References

  1. Kirch, Olaf; Dawson, Terry (June 2000). "Preface". Linux Administrator's Guide (2nd ed.). O'Reilly. ISBN 978-1565924000.
  2. Kirch, Olaf (1995) [1993]. Linux Network Administrator's Guide (1st ed.). O'Reilly. ISBN 978-1565920873.
  3. Kirch, Olaf; Dawson, Terry (June 2000). Linux Network Administrator's Guide (2nd ed.). O'Reilly. ISBN 978-1565924000.
  4. Bautts, Tony; Dawson, Terry; Purdy, Gregor N. (February 2005). Linux Network Administrator's Guide (3rd ed.). O'Reilly. ISBN 978-0596005481.
  5. Kirch, Olaf; Dawson, Terry (June 2000). "Chapter 1: Introduction to Networking". Linux Network Administrator's Guide (2nd Edition) (2nd ed.). O'Reilly. ISBN 978-1565924000.
  6. Kirch, Olaf; Dawson, Terry (June 2000). "Chapter 2: Issues of TCP/IP Networking". Linux Network Administrator's Guide (2nd ed.). O'Reilly. ISBN 978-1565924000.
  7. Kirch, Olaf; Dawson, Terry (June 2000). "Chapter 3: Configuring the Networking Hardware". Linux Network Administrator's Guide (2nd ed.). O'Reilly. ISBN 978-1565924000.
  8. Kirch, Olaf; Dawson, Terry (June 2000). "Chapter 4: Configuring the Serial Hardware". Linux Network Administrator's Guide (2nd ed.). O'Reilly. ISBN 978-1565924000.
  9. Kirch, Olaf; Dawson, Terry (June 2000). "Chapter 5: Configuring TCP/IP Networking". Linux Network Administrator's Guide (2nd ed.). O'Reilly. ISBN 978-1565924000.
  10. Kirch, Olaf; Dawson, Terry (June 2000). "Chapter 6: Name Service and Resolver Configuration". Linux Network Administrator's Guide (2nd ed.). O'Reilly. ISBN 978-1565924000.
  11. Kirch, Olaf; Dawson, Terry (June 2000). "Chapter 7: Serial Line IP". Linux Network Administrator's Guide (2nd ed.). O'Reilly. ISBN 978-1565924000.
  12. Kirch, Olaf; Dawson, Terry (June 2000). "Chapter 8: The Point-to-Point Protocol". Linux Network Administrator's Guide (2nd ed.). O'Reilly. ISBN 978-1565924000.
  13. Kirch, Olaf; Dawson, Terry (June 2000). "Chapter 9: TCP/IP Firewall". Linux Network Administrator's Guide (2nd ed.). O'Reilly. ISBN 978-1565924000.
  14. Kirch, Olaf; Dawson, Terry (June 2000). "Chapter 10: IP Accounting". Linux Network Administrator's Guide (2nd ed.). O'Reilly. ISBN 978-1565924000.
  15. Kirch, Olaf; Dawson, Terry (June 2000). "Chapter 11: IP Masquerade and Network Address Translation". Linux Network Administrator's Guide (2nd ed.). O'Reilly. ISBN 978-1565924000.
  16. Kirch, Olaf; Dawson, Terry (June 2000). "Chapter 14: The Network File System". Linux Network Administrator's Guide (2nd ed.). O'Reilly. ISBN 978-1565924000.
  17. Kirch, Olaf; Dawson, Terry (June 2000). "Chapter 16: Managing Taylor UUCP". Linux Network Administrator's Guide (2nd ed.). O'Reilly. ISBN 978-1565924000.
  18. Kirch, Olaf; Dawson, Terry (June 2000). "Chapter 17: Electronic Mail". Linux Network Administrator's Guide (2nd ed.). O'Reilly. ISBN 978-1565924000.
  19. Kirch, Olaf; Dawson, Terry (June 2000). "Chapter 6: Name Service and Resolver Configuration". Linux Network Administrator's Guide (2nd ed.). O'Reilly. ISBN 978-1565924000.
  20. Kirch, Olaf; Dawson, Terry (June 2000). "Chapter 18: Sendmail". Linux Network Administrator's Guide (2nd ed.). O'Reilly. ISBN 978-1565924000.
  21. Kirch, Olaf; Dawson, Terry (June 2000). "Chapter 20: Netnews". Linux Network Administrator's Guide (2nd ed.). O'Reilly. ISBN 978-1565924000.
  22. Kirch, Olaf; Dawson, Terry (June 2000). "Chapter 21: C News". Linux Network Administrator's Guide (2nd ed.). O'Reilly. ISBN 978-1565924000.
  23. Kirch, Olaf; Dawson, Terry (June 2000). "Chapter 22: NNTP and the nntpd Daemon". Linux Network Administrator's Guide (2nd ed.). O'Reilly. ISBN 978-1565924000.
  24. Kirch, Olaf; Dawson, Terry (June 2000). "Chapter 24: Newsreader Configuration". Linux Network Administrator's Guide (2nd ed.). O'Reilly. ISBN 978-1565924000.
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