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Networking

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  • DNSSEC Mastery, 2nd Edition
  • TLS Mastery
  • SNMP Mastery
  • The Networknomicon, or SNMP Mastery
  • Networking for System Administrators
  • Network Flow Analysis
  • Cisco Routers for the Desperate

DNSSEC Mastery, 2nd Edition

DNS: The world’s most successful distributed database. And the most naïve.

TLS Mastery

TLS Mastery Beastie Edition
Security. You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. (Beastie Edition)

TLS Mastery cover
You’ll never be happy again, but you’ll be better at your job. (Tux Edition)

The only difference between the editions is the cover

SNMP Mastery

The Simple Network Management Protocol: four lies in one acronym

The Networknomicon, or Abdul Alhazred’s SNMP Mastery

The Networknomicon, or SNMP Mastery
Do not remove from vault.
Do not implement.
Do not READ.

Networking for System Administrators

Networking for System Administrators cover
Stop waiting for the network team!

Network Flow Analysis

Network Flow Analysis cover
Network administrators: When a problem is yours, own it. When a problem isn’t yours, prove it.

Cisco Routers for the Desperate, 2nd edition

Cisco Routers for the Desperate cover
It’s 3AM. Why is your router on fire?

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