Linux kernel networking stack

[Jeff Haran]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: kernelnewbies-bounces at kernelnewbies.org [mailto:kernelnewbies-
> bounces at kernelnewbies.org] On Behalf Of José Luis Segatto Junior
> Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2011 12:23 PM
> To: Linux Kernel List
> Subject: Re: Linux kernel networking stack
> 
> i have read TCP/IP Illustrated, volume 2 The implementation (Gary R.
> Wright and W. Richard Stevens).
> Its very illustrative, and shows how TCP/IP works of a very simple way.
> Unfortunately (for someone) Its about BSD TCP/IP stack. But could be
> interesting.
> 
> Regards
> 
> 
> On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 3:12 PM, Abu Rasheda <rcpilot2010 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > I want to embark on journey of learning Linux networking stack. I want
> > suggestions, what is best way to do this. Any book recommendation, any
> > documentation which might exist.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >

I found "Understanding Linux Networking Internals" by Christian Benvenuti quite worth the read. Only problem, as with all Linux documentation, is that it gets out of date quickly and this book is now 5 years old. The Wright and Stevens book was excellent, but it had the advantage of describing a fairly static software release.

Jeff Haran