Network Warrior by Gary A. Donahue Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Network Warrior
Book Review: Fills the gaps
Summary: 4 Stars
The book is well written with the author's field experience in evidence. I found that some of the topics discussed filled voids of understanding that are generally assumed in other references. Real world scenarios were used and, although I may never be exposed to some situations, were informative. In all, well worth the cost.Book Review: This should be required reading!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Great book and very easy to understand, even from a 'newbie' to the industry. It helps to bring across very complex set ups and configurations.Book Review: Excellent Reference Book
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is one of the best reference books about network security you're going to find currently on the market. It covers a wide variety of topics and issues every network administrator will face at one point or another. The author in the typical O'Reilly style also takes great steps to insure the book is not some dry tome, but occasionally puts in light comments to keep your attention. One thing I really liked about this book was its explanations of various parts of networks, how each part works, and steps to take when something fails.
Among topics covered are VLANs, Trunking, Spanning Tree Protocol, routers, tunneling, switches, firewall theory, even chapters on designing networks, all topics that any networking security book should cover and the book's author covers all of these topics well. Also included are examples of screens that you will see while installing a network feature or troubleshooting a problem.
This book is not for the squeamish or the novice, but any network admin will be glad to have it.
Book Review: The best network book I ever read!
Summary: 5 Stars
A very useful guide to anyone who have to deal with computer networks or manage network devices. It isn't for inexperieced users, but I recommend it to everyone who would like to know more details about networks to become more familiar with it.
The book is aimed from the same idea suggested by Gary Donahue in managing networks: a network might be very hard to manage and understand as it size increase. So, the best thing you can do is trying to keep everything as simplest as possible.
The result is a good reference book, well written and easy to read and understand. Figures too are very clear and well explained. It contains a lot of useful suggestion on how to administrate a network and about all the activities related to it (e.g. PART VIII, "Designing Networks": Chapter 34 about "IP Design" it's AMAZING!).
Also, the book is well organized, because each one of eight parts that compose the book is splitted in few chapters well focussed on a single topic. This made the book easy to use if you are looking for a specific subject.
I'm studying about Network Security, so I appreciated very much Section V - "Security and Firewalls". Above all, Chapter 25 contains a very clear explanation about DeMilitarized Zone supplied with a lot of figures (the book contains too some suggestions to draw network schemes).
I never found a network book good like this so I wish you have to put it in your library!
Book Review: Excellent reference
Summary: 5 Stars
Not for the non-techncial or people just starting out. This is an exceptional book/reference to pretty much everything you need to design robust networks and a lot cheaper than the Cisco library!