ISBN 0-89006-939-5
Lawrence Hughes
472 pages.
Copyright 1998.








Description

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Network administrators, computer specialists, software developers... anyone charged with assessing, developing, or managing Internet e-mail systems will value this clear, comprehensive guide. It helps you build a sound understanding of e-mail architecture, message flow, and tracing protocols, and includes real-world examples of message exchanges with program code that you can refer to when developing or debugging your own systems. You also gain valuable insight into various security topics, including public and secret key encryption, digital signatures, and key management. What's more, each chapter begins with a unique, detailed definition list to help speed your understanding of technical terms and acronyms.

Table of Contents

Basic Concepts -- System Architecture. Internet E-Mail Architecture. Intermediate Concepts -- Attachments and Address Books. Advanced Concepts -- Security. Applications of Security. Standards-Based ("Open") E-Mail Versus Proprietary Systems. TCP/IP -- The Internet Protocol Suite. DNS -- The Domain Name System. Internet Directory Services. Microsoft Active Directory. Firewalls and Proxy Servers. Network Troubleshooting. SMTP -- Simple Message Transfer Protocol. MIME -- Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions. DSN -- Delivery Status Notification Extensions. POP -- Post Office Protocol. IMAP -- Internet Message Access Protocol. ACAP -- Application Configuration Access Protocol. NNTP -- Network News Transfer Protocol.

Software Included

A valuable CD-ROM contains a listing of related Internet RFCs, as well as RSA PKCS documents, Eudora 3.0 freeware client, and the free user version of Software.com Post.Office Server for Windows NT 3.0.

Author Bio

Lawrence Hughes has more than 20 years of experience in the computer industry and is currently a regional consulting engineer for Inacom Information Systems, Atlanta, Georgia. He received his B.S. in Mathematics from Florida State University.

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