Linux Network Administrator's Guide
{{Short description|Book on running Unix networks}}
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{{Infobox book
| author = Olaf Kirch
| name = Linux Network Administrator's Guide (1st Edition)
| isbn = 978-1565920873
| pub_date = 1995
| publisher = O′Reilly
}}
{{Infobox book
| author = Olaf Kirch & Terry Dawson
| name = Linux Network Administrator's Guide (2nd Edition)
| pub_date = June 2000
| publisher = O'Reilly
| URL = http://www.tldp.org/LDP/nag2/index.html
| isbn = 978-1565924000
}}
{{Infobox book
| author = Tony Bautts, Terry Dawson, Gregor N. Purdy
| name = Linux Network Administrator's Guide (3rd Edition)
| pub_date = February 2005
| isbn = 978-0596005481
| publisher = O'Reilly
}}
The Linux Network Administrator's Guide is a book on setting up and running Unix and Linux networks.{{Cite book |last=Kirch |first=Olaf |url=https://www.oreilly.com/openbook/linag2/book/ch00.html |title=Linux Administrator's Guide |last2=Dawson |first2=Terry |date=June 2000 |publisher=O'Reilly |isbn=978-1565924000 |edition=2nd |chapter=Preface}} 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.{{Cite book |last=Kirch |first=Olaf |title=Linux Network Administrator's Guide |publisher=O'Reilly |year=1995 |isbn=978-1565920873 |edition=1st |orig-date=1993}} The second edition, from Terry Dawson, was released June 2000.{{Cite book |last=Kirch |first=Olaf |url=https://www.oreilly.com/openbook/linag2/book/ |title=Linux Network Administrator's Guide |last2=Dawson |first2=Terry |date=June 2000 |publisher=O'Reilly |isbn=978-1565924000 |edition=2nd}} The third edition of the guide was written by Tony Bautts, with assistance from Gregor N. Purdy in February 2005,{{Cite book |last=Bautts |first=Tony |url=https://www.oreilly.com/openbook/linag2/book/ |title=Linux Network Administrator's Guide |last2=Dawson |first2=Terry |last3=Purdy |first3=Gregor N. |date=February 2005 |publisher=O'Reilly |isbn=978-0596005481 |edition=3rd}} but is not freely available like the previous two versions.
Contents
It includes the following sections:
- Introduction to Networking{{Cite book |last=Kirch |first=Olaf |url=https://www.oreilly.com/openbook/linag2/book/ch01.html |title=Linux Network Administrator's Guide (2nd Edition) |last2=Dawson |first2=Terry |date=June 2000 |publisher=O'Reilly |isbn=978-1565924000 |edition=2nd |chapter=Chapter 1: Introduction to Networking}}
- Issues of TCP/IP Networking{{Cite book |last=Kirch |first=Olaf |url=https://www.oreilly.com/openbook/linag2/book/ch02.html |title=Linux Network Administrator's Guide |last2=Dawson |first2=Terry |date=June 2000 |publisher=O'Reilly |isbn=978-1565924000 |edition=2nd |chapter=Chapter 2: Issues of TCP/IP Networking}}
- Configuring the Networking Hardware{{Cite book |last=Kirch |first=Olaf |url=https://www.oreilly.com/openbook/linag2/book/ch03.html |title=Linux Network Administrator's Guide |last2=Dawson |first2=Terry |date=June 2000 |publisher=O'Reilly |isbn=978-1565924000 |edition=2nd |chapter=Chapter 3: Configuring the Networking Hardware}}
- Setting up the Serial Hardware{{Cite book |last=Kirch |first=Olaf |url=https://www.oreilly.com/openbook/linag2/book/ch04.html |title=Linux Network Administrator's Guide |last2=Dawson |first2=Terry |date=June 2000 |publisher=O'Reilly |isbn=978-1565924000 |edition=2nd |chapter=Chapter 4: Configuring the Serial Hardware}}
- Configuring TCP/IP Networking{{Cite book |last=Kirch |first=Olaf |url=https://www.oreilly.com/openbook/linag2/book/ch05.html |title=Linux Network Administrator's Guide |last2=Dawson |first2=Terry |date=June 2000 |publisher=O'Reilly |isbn=978-1565924000 |edition=2nd |chapter=Chapter 5: Configuring TCP/IP Networking}}
- Name Service and Resolver Configuration{{Cite book |last=Kirch |first=Olaf |url=https://www.oreilly.com/openbook/linag2/book/ch06.html |title=Linux Network Administrator's Guide |last2=Dawson |first2=Terry |date=June 2000 |publisher=O'Reilly |isbn=978-1565924000 |edition=2nd |chapter=Chapter 6: Name Service and Resolver Configuration}}
- Serial Line IP{{Cite book |last=Kirch |first=Olaf |url=https://www.oreilly.com/openbook/linag2/book/ch07.html |title=Linux Network Administrator's Guide |last2=Dawson |first2=Terry |date=June 2000 |publisher=O'Reilly |isbn=978-1565924000 |edition=2nd |chapter=Chapter 7: Serial Line IP}}
- The Point-to-Point Protocol{{Cite book |last=Kirch |first=Olaf |url=https://www.oreilly.com/openbook/linag2/book/ch08.html |title=Linux Network Administrator's Guide |last2=Dawson |first2=Terry |date=June 2000 |publisher=O'Reilly |isbn=978-1565924000 |edition=2nd |chapter=Chapter 8: The Point-to-Point Protocol}}
- Various Network Applications{{Cite book |last=Kirch |first=Olaf |url=https://www.oreilly.com/openbook/linag2/book/ch09.html |title=Linux Network Administrator's Guide |last2=Dawson |first2=Terry |date=June 2000 |publisher=O'Reilly |isbn=978-1565924000 |edition=2nd |chapter=Chapter 9: TCP/IP Firewall}}
- The Network Information System{{Cite book |last=Kirch |first=Olaf |url=https://www.oreilly.com/openbook/linag2/book/ch10.html |title=Linux Network Administrator's Guide |last2=Dawson |first2=Terry |date=June 2000 |publisher=O'Reilly |isbn=978-1565924000 |edition=2nd |chapter=Chapter 10: IP Accounting}}
- Network Address Translation{{Cite book |last=Kirch |first=Olaf |url=https://www.oreilly.com/openbook/linag2/book/ch11.html |title=Linux Network Administrator's Guide |last2=Dawson |first2=Terry |date=June 2000 |publisher=O'Reilly |isbn=978-1565924000 |edition=2nd |chapter=Chapter 11: IP Masquerade and Network Address Translation}}
- The Network File System{{Cite book |last=Kirch |first=Olaf |url=https://www.oreilly.com/openbook/linag2/book/ch14.html |title=Linux Network Administrator's Guide |last2=Dawson |first2=Terry |date=June 2000 |publisher=O'Reilly |isbn=978-1565924000 |edition=2nd |chapter=Chapter 14: The Network File System}}
- Managing UUCP{{Cite book |last=Kirch |first=Olaf |url=https://www.oreilly.com/openbook/linag2/book/ch16.html |title=Linux Network Administrator's Guide |last2=Dawson |first2=Terry |date=June 2000 |publisher=O'Reilly |isbn=978-1565924000 |edition=2nd |chapter=Chapter 16: Managing Taylor UUCP}}
- Electronic Mail{{Cite book |last=Kirch |first=Olaf |url=https://www.oreilly.com/openbook/linag2/book/ch17.html |title=Linux Network Administrator's Guide |last2=Dawson |first2=Terry |date=June 2000 |publisher=O'Reilly |isbn=978-1565924000 |edition=2nd |chapter=Chapter 17: Electronic Mail}}
- Getting email Up and Running{{Cite book |last=Kirch |first=Olaf |url=https://www.oreilly.com/openbook/linag2/book/ch06.html |title=Linux Network Administrator's Guide |last2=Dawson |first2=Terry |date=June 2000 |publisher=O'Reilly |isbn=978-1565924000 |edition=2nd |chapter=Chapter 6: Name Service and Resolver Configuration}}
- Sendmail+IDA{{Cite book |last=Kirch |first=Olaf |url=https://www.oreilly.com/openbook/linag2/book/ch18.html |title=Linux Network Administrator's Guide |last2=Dawson |first2=Terry |date=June 2000 |publisher=O'Reilly |isbn=978-1565924000 |edition=2nd |chapter=Chapter 18: Sendmail}}
- Netnews{{Cite book |last=Kirch |first=Olaf |url=https://www.oreilly.com/openbook/linag2/book/ch20.html |title=Linux Network Administrator's Guide |last2=Dawson |first2=Terry |date=June 2000 |publisher=O'Reilly |isbn=978-1565924000 |edition=2nd |chapter=Chapter 20: Netnews}}
- C News{{Cite book |last=Kirch |first=Olaf |url=https://www.oreilly.com/openbook/linag2/book/ch21.html |title=Linux Network Administrator's Guide |last2=Dawson |first2=Terry |date=June 2000 |publisher=O'Reilly |isbn=978-1565924000 |edition=2nd |chapter=Chapter 21: C News}}
- A Description of NNTP{{Cite book |last=Kirch |first=Olaf |url=https://www.oreilly.com/openbook/linag2/book/ch22.html |title=Linux Network Administrator's Guide |last2=Dawson |first2=Terry |date=June 2000 |publisher=O'Reilly |isbn=978-1565924000 |edition=2nd |chapter=Chapter 22: NNTP and the nntpd Daemon}}
- Newsreader Configuration{{Cite book |last=Kirch |first=Olaf |url=https://www.oreilly.com/openbook/linag2/book/ch24.html |title=Linux Network Administrator's Guide |last2=Dawson |first2=Terry |date=June 2000 |publisher=O'Reilly |isbn=978-1565924000 |edition=2nd |chapter=Chapter 24: Newsreader Configuration}}
- A glossary
- Annotated Bibliography
References
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External links
- [http://www.tldp.org/LDP/nag2/index.html The Second edition]
- [http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/linag3 The Third edition]
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