Please recommend a book(s)
I'm interested in learning more about the way systems communicate (networking) - from the basics all the way up.
Especially interested in network architecture, especially with an eye toward security. But also a variety of subjects - the pros and cons of Linux VS Windows based servers/networks, SSH-2, the various transport and protocol layers, what makes particular applications and websites less secure, various firewalls, the necessary steps to setting up a secure network, etc (the list, literally, is too long to complete - please, start me with the basics of networking/communications, and I'll go from there).
Look, as with many, my knowledge is, well... "gappy" - I'm fairly familiar with things like Active Directory, Group Objects and policies, IPSec - also, I've been programming my whole life, and feel very comfortable using C/C++, with older experience in everything from Basic to Cobol to Pascal - but never anything really network related. And I certainly feel like I have these large gaps, and some of them have to do with basic and fundamental concepts.
I realize I'm opening myself up to some flaming, here - feel free. But, if I could get some good book recommendations here and there, it'll be worth the shots I'm bound to take!
read more and respond »Posted 5 years ago by Kyle T. Jones in Networking Firewalls
