Ilya Grigorik"s High Performance Browser Networking is a great open-access backgrounder. Very up to date on modern topics such as WebRTC and WebSockets https:/

Ilya Grigorik"s High Performance Browser Networking is a great open-access backgrounder. Very up to date on modern topics such as WebRTC and WebSockets https://hpbn.co/ https://hpbn.co/ Another comprehensive overall reference is Michael Kerrisk"s Linux Programming Interface handbook https://nostarch.com/tlpi https://nostarch.com/tlpi And to see some of the latest developments. Check out talks from Linux NetDev Conference archives https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCribHdOMgiD5R3OUDgx2qTg/videos https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCribHdOMgiD5R3OUDgx2qTg/vid... Finally, this was recently posted, and I believe the author is working on another one for QUIC... "The Illustrated TLS Connection: Every byte of a TLS connection explained and reproduced" https://tls.ulfheim.net/ https://tls.ulfheim.net/ Best of luck, and you are on the right path. Master the fundamentals and the rest will follow ;)