The best networking books, according to hackers
3 networking books recommended in Hacker News comments over the past year, ranked by how many separate people recommend each one.
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- TCP/IP Illustrated by W. Richard StevensRecommended as the most authentic source on TCP/IP and a reference that is helpful again and again. Critics say it is a less than ideal introductory textbook.7recommend
- The Book of PF by Peter N. M. HansteenRecommended as a practical introduction to PF, the packet filter, that helps readers learn how firewalls operate and which rules to write.5recommend
- High-Performance Browser Networking by Ilya GrigorikPeople recommend it as an accessible, canonical guide to how the web's networking works for anyone building for the web. The most common caveat is that it predates HTTP/3.4recommend