Customer Review: Not all of the 44 tips are exceptional. Some of them are pretty trivial such as "Read Stevens books" or "consult RFCs" but about 35 tips are very good. The author knows well this topic and explains very well the reasons behind these tips. I am sure that all these good tips can be found in the TCP/IP... more info
Customer Review: I wish the first review had been posted before I ordered this book. I too was excited about a book on programming SSL with a 2007 publication date. However, most of this book leads the reader through Windows (pre XP) screenshots describing how to install and setup OpenSSL 0.9.6a (a version that was... more info
Customer Review: This book goes in depth in how TCP/IP works by showing an actual working TCP/IP stack ANSI C code source. I am a believer that in order to fully understand and effectively use a piece of software, the best way to achieve this goal is to actually study at least once its source code. You will... more info
Customer Review: I want to set the expectations straight. This is not the best Winsock programming book. This book address higher level issues with network programming and it does a very good job at it. It is going to presents the different options for writing a server such as concurrent vs iterative or single... more info