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The Book “Computer Networks: A Systems Approach” is now open source
- hazz99 8y agoThis looks fantastic -- props to the whoever made the decision to open it up.
- Jtsummers 8y agohttps://book.systemsapproach.org/ https://book.systemsapproach.org/ If you don't want to download and run a server instance on your own computer.
- DannyB2 8y agoI found a PDF here: http://cs.mvnu.edu/twiki/pub/Main/JimSkon/Computer_Networks_A_Systems_Approach.pdf http://cs.mvnu.edu/twiki/pub/Main/JimSkon/Computer_Networks_... And a Solutions manual PDF here: https://textbooks.elsevier.com/manualsprotectedtextbooks/9780123850591/PD5e_Solutions_Manual.pdf https://textbooks.elsevier.com/manualsprotectedtextbooks/978... and http://unina.stidue.net/Computer%20Networks%202/Materiale/Computer%20Networks%20-%20A%20Systems%20Approach%20-%20Solution%20manual.pdf http://unina.stidue.net/Computer%20Networks%202/Materiale/Co... An entirely different book is here: https://www.bau.edu.jo/UserPortal/UserProfile/PostsAttach/10617_1870_1.pdf https://www.bau.edu.jo/UserPortal/UserProfile/PostsAttach/10...
- cjarrett 8y agoCheers, now I have some reading tomorrow on the plane ride to Montreal!
- iicc 8y ago> https://github.com/SystemsApproach/book/tree/master/published https://github.com/SystemsApproach/book/tree/master/publishe... epub, mobi & pdf
- SloopJon 8y agoiBooks for Mac can read the epub, but Google Play Books rejects it: "This file cannot be processed." The epubcheck utility reports more errors than I know what to do with. For example: Error while parsing file 'value of attribute "lang" is invalid; must be an RFC 3066 language identifier'. Error while parsing file 'value of attribute "id" is invalid; must be an XML name without colons'. Error while parsing file 'element "figure" not allowed anywhere; expected the element end-tag, text or element "a", ..., "ul" or "var" (with xmlns:ns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg")' http://www.w3.org/2000/svg")'. Is this likely a problem in the sources, GitBook, or something else about how the submitter built it?
- DERPUUU 8y agoThis book appears somewhat old and appears to be mostly just filled with filler-words.. I felt robbed of my precious time.
- itsmemattchung 8y agoWhich undergraduate CS course uses this book ? I've never read this book but glossing over it, seems like an incredible resource for understanding the history of networks as well as building them from the ground up.
- npongratz 8y agoCS 640: Introduction to Computer Networks at University of Wisconsin - Madison, taught by Dr. Paul Barford: http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~pb/cs640.html http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~pb/cs640.html We used an earlier edition of the textbook in 2003 (if memory serves, might be +/- a year), and per the link above, looks like they used it as recently as Fall 2017. I remember greatly enjoying the book and the course.
- itsmemattchung 8y agoAwesome -- thanks for linking to the course itself. Seems similar to another course offered by OS MCS: https://www.omscs.gatech.edu/cs-6250-computer-networks https://www.omscs.gatech.edu/cs-6250-computer-networks
- gatesphere 8y agoComputer Networking at SUNY Oswego, as taught by Doug Lea. At least it was used in 2012 when I took it. The hardcover is on my work bookshelf behind me now -- so useful I kept it.
- ExcaliburZero 8y agoIt is still being used as of Spring 2018. Great class.
- djohnston 8y agothis is my all time favorite CS book, mostly because I remember how excited I was to finally be learning about how the Internet works when I started.. I've read it twice!
- ConfusedDog 8y agoI literally memorized this book at one point for a really difficult exam. Glad to see it's open sourced!
- pome 8y agoFantastic! Also "Operating Systems: Three Easy Steps" Authors have written up about Free/Open Source book experience. :-) http://from-a-to-remzi.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-case-for-free-online-books-fobs.html http://from-a-to-remzi.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-case-for-fre...