<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//EN"> <!--Converted with LaTeX2HTML 96.1-c (Feb 29, 1996) by Nikos Drakos (nikos@cbl.leeds.ac.uk), CBLU, University of Leeds --> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Outlook on the Following Chapters</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY LANG="EN"> <A HREF="node1.html"><IMG WIDTH=65 HEIGHT=24 ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="contents" SRC="contents_motif.gif"></A> <BR> <B> Next:</B> <A HREF="node23.html">Issues of TCP/IP Networking</A> <B>Up:</B> <A HREF="node3.html">Introduction to Networking</A> <B> Previous:</B> <A HREF="node21.html">System Security</A> <BR> <P> <H1><A NAME="SECTION003600000">Outlook on the Following Chapters</A></H1> The next few chapters will deal with configuring for TCP/IP networking, and with running some major applications. Before getting our hands dirty with file editing and the like, we will examine IP a little closer in chapter-<A HREF="node23.html#tcpip"><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="gif" SRC="cross_ref_motif.gif"></A>. If you already know about the way IP-routing works, and how address resolution is performed, you might want to skip this chapter. <P> Chapter-<A HREF="node41.html#hardware"><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="gif" SRC="cross_ref_motif.gif"></A> deals with the very basic configuration issues, such as building a kernel and setting up your Ethernet board. The configuration of your serial ports is covered in a separate chapter, because the discussion does not apply to TCP/IP networking only, but is also relevant for UUCP. <P> Chapter-<A HREF="node58.html#iface"><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="gif" SRC="cross_ref_motif.gif"></A> helps you to set up your machine for TCP/IP networking. It contains installation hints for stand-alone hosts with only loopback enabled, and hosts connected to an Ethernet. It will also introduce you to a few useful tools you can use to test and debug your setup. The next chapter discusses how to configure hostname resolution, and explains how to set up a name server. <P> This is followed by two chapters featuring the configuration and use of SLIP and PPP, respectively. Chapter <A HREF="node92.html#slip"><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="gif" SRC="cross_ref_motif.gif"></A> explains how to establish SLIP connections, and gives a detailed reference of dip, a tool that allows you to automate most of the necessary steps. Chapter-<A HREF="node107.html#ppp"><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="gif" SRC="cross_ref_motif.gif"></A> covers PPP and pppd, the PPP daemon you need for this. <P> Chapter <A HREF="node124.html#appl"><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="gif" SRC="cross_ref_motif.gif"></A> gives a short introduction to setting up some of the most important network applications, such as rlogin, rcp, etc, in chapter-<A HREF="node124.html#appl"><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="gif" SRC="cross_ref_motif.gif"></A>. This also covers how services are managed by the inetd super, and how you may restrict certain security-relevant services to a set of trusted hosts. <P> The next two chapters discuss NIS, the Network Information System, and NFS, the Network File System. NIS is a useful tool to distribute administrative information such as user passwords in a local area network. NFS allows you to share file systems between several hosts in your network. <P> Chapter <A HREF="node146.html#uucp"><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="gif" SRC="cross_ref_motif.gif"></A> gives you an extensive introduction to the administration of Taylor UUCP, a free implementation of the UUCP suite. <P> The remainder of the book is taken up by a detailed tour of electronic mail and Usenet News. Chapter-<A HREF="node186.html#mail"><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="gif" SRC="cross_ref_motif.gif"></A> introduces you to the central concepts of electronic mail, like what a mail address looks like, and how the mail handling system manages to get your message to the recipient. <P> Chapters-<A HREF="node198.html#smail"><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="gif" SRC="cross_ref_motif.gif"></A> and-<A HREF="node218.html#sendmail"><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="gif" SRC="cross_ref_motif.gif"></A> each cover the setup of smail and sendmail, two mail transport agents you can use for . This book explains both of them, because smail is easier to install for the beginner, while sendmail is more flexible. <P> Chapters-<A HREF="node255.html#news"><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="gif" SRC="cross_ref_motif.gif"></A> and-<A HREF="node259.html#cnews"><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="gif" SRC="cross_ref_motif.gif"></A> explain the way news are managed in Usenet, and how you install and use C-news, a popular software package for managing Usenet news. Chapter-<A HREF="node274.html#nntp"><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="gif" SRC="cross_ref_motif.gif"></A> briefly covers how to set up an NNTP daemon to provide news reading access for your local network. Chapter-<A HREF="node280.html#newsreaders"><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="gif" SRC="cross_ref_motif.gif"></A> finally shows you how to configure and maintain various newsreaders. <P> % <HR><A HREF="node1.html"><IMG WIDTH=65 HEIGHT=24 ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="contents" SRC="contents_motif.gif"></A> <BR> <B> Next:</B> <A HREF="node23.html">Issues of TCP/IP Networking</A> <B>Up:</B> <A HREF="node3.html">Introduction to Networking</A> <B> Previous:</B> <A HREF="node21.html">System Security</A> <P><ADDRESS> <I>Andrew Anderson <BR> Thu Mar 7 23:22:06 EST 1996</I> </ADDRESS> </BODY> </HTML>