Contents

• Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Abbreviations
• Foreword
  • Organization of this Book
  • The Linux Documentation Project
  • Typographical Conventions
  • Thanks
• Introduction to Networking
  • History
  • Two Examples
  • The OSI Model
    • The Phyiscal Layer
    • The Data Link Layer
    • The Networking Layer
    • The Transport Layer
    • The Upper Layers
    • Internetworking
• Issues of TCP/IP Networking
  • IP Addresses
  • IP Routing
  • The Domain Name System
• Configuring TCP/IP Networking
  • General Remarks
  • Software Installation
    • Installing the Binaries
    • Setting up the proc filesystem
  • Hardware Configuration
    • A Tour of Linux IP interfaces
    • The Ethernet Driver
    • The SLIP Driver
    • The PLIP Driver
    • Using wdsetup
  • Setting the hostname
  • Assigning IP Addresses
  • Interface Configuration for IP
    • Interface Configuration with ifconfig
  • Building IP Routing tables
    • Route to the Subnet
    • Routes through a Gateway
  • Verifying your IP Setup
    • ping
    • netstat
    • arp
  • Name Service and Resolver Configuraton
    • The host.conf File
    • Resolver Environment Variables
    • What /etc/hosts looks like
    • The /etc/networks file
    • Configuring Name Server Lookups - resolv.conf
    • Resolver Robustness
  • Running named
    • Verifying the Resolver Setup
• Various Network Applications
  • The /etc/services file
  • The /etc/protocols file
  • The inetd Super-Server
  • The tcpd access control facility
  • Configuring the r commands
  • Configuring RPC
  • Configuring NIS
  • Configuring FTP
    • Anonymous FTP
    • ftpd Options
• Configuring NFS
  • Mounting an NFS Volume
  • The /etc/exports File
  • The NFS daemon
• Setting up the Serial Hardware
  • Communication Software for Modem Links
  • Introduction to Serial Devices
  • Accessing Serial Devices
  • Serial Hardware
  • Multiport Boards
  • Setting up your Modem
  • Setting up your System for Dialing in
• Managing Taylor UUCP
  • Preliminary Remarks
  • Introduction
    • History
    • Commands of the UUCP Suite
    • Command Line Options
    • Layout of UUCP Transfers and Remote Execution
    • The inner workings of uucico
    • What UUCP needs to know
    • Site naming
  • UUCP Configuration files
    • How to tell UUCP about other Systems - the Systems File
    • Hiding dialcodes - the Dialcodes file
    • What devices there are - the Devices file
    • How to dial a number - the Dialers file
    • The Do's and Dont's - The Permissions File
    • Be Paranoid - Call Sequence Checks
    • How to Specify a Direct Connection
  • From System Name to Connect - How all this Works
    • Sample Files
    • Building up the Connection
    • Calling out via Modem
    • Calling out via TCP
  • Setting up your System for Dialing in
    • Setting up uugetty
    • Providing UUCP Accounts
    • Accepting UUCP logins over TCP/IP
  • Miscellaneous
    • Troubleshooting
    • Log files
    • Available line protocols
    • Notes
• Electronic Mail
  • What is a Mail Message?
  • How is Mail Delivered?
  • Email Addresses
    • Various Address Formats
    • Bang Path Addresses
    • Addresses in the Domain Name System
  • How does Mail Routing Work?
    • Mail Routing in UUCP networks
    • Mail Routing on the Internet
  • Pathalias and Map File Format
  • Message Grading
  • Mail Software Configuration
  • Configuring elm
  • Global elm Options
  • elm and National Character Sets
• Getting smail Up and Running
  • Introduction
  • UUCP Setup
  • Setup for a LAN
  • Invocation and Command Line Options
  • Miscellaneous config Options
  • Mail Delivery
  • Routing Messages
  • The pathalias database
  • Delivering Messages to Local Addresses
    • Local Users
    • Alias Files
    • Mailing Lists
    • Forward Files
  • UUCP-based Transports
  • SMTP-based Transports
  • Hostname Qualification
• Installing and Using sendmail
  • Introduction
  • Installing sendmail
  • Creating sendmail.cf
  • Invocation and Command Line Options
  • Routing with sendmail
  • Setting the Site Name
  • Routing Options
    • Alias Options
    • Mailer Table Options
    • Address Resolution
    • UUCP Routing
    • Smart Host Routing
  • sendmail Support Files
    • Creating dbm Databases
    • The aliases file
    • The pathtable File
    • Miscellaneous dbm Files
  • sendmail Mailers
    • Local Addresses
    • SMTP Delivery
    • UUCP-based mailers
• Netnews
  • Usenet History
  • How Does Usenet Handle News?
  • A Description of Cnews
    • Delivering News
    • Installation
    • The sys file
    • The active file
    • Article Batching
    • Expiring News
    • Miscellaneous Files
    • Control Messages
    • Cnews in an NFS Environment
    • Maintenance Tools and Tasks
  • A Description of NNTP
    • nntpd
    • NNTP Access.
    • NNTP Authorization
    • nntpd Interaction with Cnews
    • nntpxmit
    • nntpxfer
• Newsreader Configuration
  • tin Configuration
  • trn Configuration
  • nn Configuration
• A Null Printer Cable for PLIP
• The GNU General Public License
  • Preamble
  • Terms and Conditions for Copying, Distribution, and Modification
  • Appendix: How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
• Annotated Bibliography
  • Books
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