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The Linux Networking Overview HOWTOJan 30, 1999, 20:19 (2 Talkback[s])"The purpose of this document is to give an overview of the networking capabilities of the Linux operating system. Although one of the strengths of Linux is that plenty of information exists for nearly every component of it, most of this information is focused on implementation. New Linux users, particularly those coming from a Windows environment, are often unaware of the networking possibilities of Linux. This document aims to show a general picture of such possibilities with a brief description of each one and pointers for further information. The information has been gathered from many sources: HOWTOs, faqs, projects' web pages and my own hands-on experience. Full credit is given to the authors of these other sources. Without them and their programs this document would have not been possible or necessary." Table of contents: 1. Introduction 2. Linux. 2.1 What is Linux?
2.2 What makes Linux different? 3. Networking protocols 3.1 TCP/IP
3.2 TCP/IP version 6 3.3 IPX/SPX 3.4 AppleTalk Protocol Suite 3.5 WAN Networking: X.25, Frame-relay, etc... 3.6 ISDN 3.7 PPP, SLIP, PLIP 3.8 Amateur Radio 3.9 ATM 4. Networking hardware supported 5. File Sharing and Printing 5.1 Apple environment
5.2 Windows Environment 5.3 Novell Environment 5.4 Unix Environment 6. Internet/Intranet 6.1 Mail
6.2 Web Servers 6.3 Web Browsers 6.4 FTP Servers and clients 6.5 News service 6.6 Domain Name System 6.7 DHCP, bootp 6.8 NIS 6.9 Authentication 7. Remote execution of applications 7.1 Telnet
7.2 Remote commands 7.3 The X Window System 7.4 VNC 8. Network Interconnection 8.1 Router
8.2 Bridge 8.3 IP Masquerade 8.4 IP Accounting 8.5 IP aliasing 8.6 Traffic Shaping 8.7 Firewall 8.8 Port forwarding 8.9 Load Balancing 8.10 EQL 8.11 Proxy Server 8.12 Diald on demand 8.13 Tunnelling, mobile IP and virtual private networks 9. Network Management 9.1 Network management applications
9.2 SNMP 10. Enterprise Linux Networking 10.1 High Availability
10.2 RAID 10.3 Redundant networking 11. Sources of Information 12. Acknowledgements and disclaimer |