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Network Working Group                                     J. QuartermanRequest for Comments: 1432                                         MIDS                                                             March 1993Recent Internet BooksStatus of this Memo   This memo provides information for the Internet community.  It does   not specify an Internet standard.  Distribution of this memo is   unlimited.Abstract   This article originally appeared in Volume 2 Number 12, (December   1992) of Matrix News, the monthly newsletter of Matrix Information   and Directory Services, Inc. (MIDS).1.  Which Books   Here is a list of books related to using the Internet, which is the   global and exponentially growing network of more than a million   computers that communicate by interactive use of the TCP/IP   protocols, for the use of millions of users.  This article was   prompted by the recent publication of nine or ten books on the   Internet in the space of a year (some are so new they aren't even   published yet).  I have also included some books that have been   around for quite a long time (as long ago as the dim past of 1984).   I think all of them contain useful information for people new to the   Internet.   Some of the books included here are about more than the Internet.   Some of them are about the Matrix, which is the set of all computer   networks worldwide that exchange electronic mail.  The Matrix   includes FidoNet, UUCP, BITNET, USENET, the Internet, and many   others, but is not limited to any one of those networks.  This   particular bibliographic collection is oriented around the largest   computer network in the world, the Internet, because of all the   recent books about that network.  Matrix News continues to publish   information about the Matrix, including but not limited to the   Internet.Quarterman                                                      [Page 1]

RFC 1432                 Recent Internet Books                March 1993   Author          Pp. Price  Audience       Type           Other                                                            Networks   LaQuey & Ryer   208 $10.95 public         user guide     some   Kehoe           112 $22    technical      user guide     minimal   Krol            376 $24.95 researchers    guide, catalog minimal   Kochmer         450 $39.95 researchers    guide, catalog some   Marine, et al.  380 $39    administrative contacts,      some                                             context   Dern             ?    ?    new users      user guide     chapters   Lane &          200 $37.50 information    primer         ?   Summerhill                 professionals   Malamud         376 $26.95 varied         travelog       some   Quarterman &    448 $42.50 varied         standards      minimal   Wilhelm   Lynch, Rose     822 $40    technical      standards      minimal   Tennant, et al. 142 $45    professionals  textbook       ?   Benedikt        444 $15.95 varied         anthology      some   Kahin           446 $34.95 faculty        scholarly      variable   Parkhurst        86 $10.50 librarians     scholarly      some   McClure, et al. 746 $45    varied         scholarly      some   Levy            473  $4.95 public         history        some   Raymond         453 $10.95 varied         dictionary     some   Stoll           332 $19.95 public         spy story      some   Hafner &        368 $22.95 public         journalism     some   Markoff   Denning         574 $23.95 public         scholarly      some   Sterling        352 $23    public         documentary    some   IRG             240 $15    technical      catalog        minimal   NorthWestNet    297 $20    technical      catalog        minimal   Frey & Adams    436 $26.95 varied         desk ref.      many   LaQuey (UDCN)   645 $34.95 varied         directory      several   Quarterman      746 $50    varied         context        all                     Table 1. Network Books SummarizedQuarterman                                                      [Page 2]

RFC 1432                 Recent Internet Books                March 1993   I have excluded from this article books that are solely about   technical aspects of technology, such as the TCP/IP protocols.   Instead, I have included books about the resources and users of the   Internet.  I have grouped them in rough classifications for   convenience of presentation.  Several of these books fit several   classifications.  For that reason and others, the classifications   should be taken as illustrative, not definitive.  Table 1 summarizes   some features of all the books described.   Thanks to various people for input; especially David Bridge.  Much of   the detailed bibliographic information came from the Library of   Congress catalog server supported by Digital Research Associates,   Inc., accessed via gopher and Telnet over the Internet.   Please note that prices may change, as may electronic mail addresses,   telephone and fax numbers, and postal addresses.  The price you pay,   in particular, may be less because of a discount, or more because of   shipping, or because you buy the book outside of the United States.   The information included here is accurate to the best of my   knowledge, but your mileage may vary.  Use at your own risk.  But   please do report errors, changes, and additions to mids@tic.com.   Some bibliographic citations end in a line of the form                  domain.name:path/name   This means you can retrieve further information by connecting to   domain.name with FTP, logging in as user anonymous, using your   electronic mail address as a password, and changing to path/name as a   directory, or retrieving it as a file, whichever works.   Some citations end in a line of the form                  local@domain   This is a domain address for further email inquiries.Quarterman                                                      [Page 3]

RFC 1432                 Recent Internet Books                March 19932.  Introductions   New user guides and information on getting connected fill most of the   new books about the Internet.      LaQuey & Ryer:               Tracy LaQuey, and Jeanne C. Ryer, The Internet               Companion: A Beginner's Guide to Global               Networking, p. 208, Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA,               October 1992.               $10.95. ISBN 0-201-62224-6.               Book Review: Internet Society News, 1(3):34.               Summer 1992.               Book Review: Link Letter, 5(3):4. Nov. 1992.               Book Review: Matrix News, 2(9):8-9. Sept. 1992.               companion@world.std.com      This is the least expensive introductory guide for new users of      the Internet, and perhaps the only one aimed at the general      public.  It is also being made available online by anonymous FTP      from world.std.com, two chapters a month.      Kehoe:               Brendan P. Kehoe, Zen and the Art of the Internet:               A Beginner's Guide, p. 112, Prentice-Hall,               Englewood Cliffs, NJ, July 1992.               $22.00. ISBN 0-13-010778-6.               Book Review: Link Letter, 5(3):3. Nov. 1992.               Book Review: MicroTimes, 102:3, Nov. 23, 1992.               simsc.si.edu:networks/zen.ad      The first edition of this book was and is available only online,      from various anonymous FTP servers.  This second edition is      somewhat enlarged and updated, yet is still the shortest      introductory Internet book.Quarterman                                                      [Page 4]

RFC 1432                 Recent Internet Books                March 1993      Krol:               Ed Krol, The Whole Internet User's Guide &               Catalog, p. 376, O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.,               Sebastopol, CA, 13 September 1992.               $24.95. ISBN 1-56592-025-2.               Book Review: Internet Society News, 1(3):33.               Summer 1992.               Book Review: Link Letter, 5(3):3. Nov. 1992.               Book Review: Matrix News, 2(11). Nov. 1992.               Book Review: MicroTimes, 102:3, Nov. 23, 1992.      Perhaps the most ambitious of the new crop of books, this one is      both a user's guide and a catalog of resources in one.  It is      aimed at graduate students who want to use the Internet for      research.      Kochmer:               Jonathan Kochmer, and NorthWestNet, The Internet               Passport: NorthWestNet's Guide to Our World               Online, 4th ed., p. 450, NorthWestNet, Bellevue,               WA, 1993.               $39.95. ISBN 0-9635281-0-6.               info@nwnet.net      A forthcoming guide and catalog, not yet seen.  It is      paradoxically both the fourth edition of and the successor to the      other NorthWestNet book listed later.      Marine:               April Marine, ed., Internet: Getting Started, p.               380, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA, September               1992.               $39.00.  ISBN [none].               Book Review: Internet Society News, 1(3):33.               Summer 1992.               Book Review: Link Letter, 5(3):4. Nov. 1992.               Book Review: Matrix News, 2(12). Dec. 1992.               ftp.nisc.sri.com:netinfo/internet-getting-               started-contents      How to join the Internet, and some context so you will know why.      This book is not a guide, and not a catalog, but it does contain      numerous contact listings.Quarterman                                                      [Page 5]

RFC 1432                 Recent Internet Books                March 1993      Dern:               Daniel P. Dern, The New User's Guide to the               Internet, McGraw-Hill, New York, forthcoming in               1993.  ISBN 0-07-016510-6 (hc). ISBN 0-07-16511-4               (pbk).      A forthcoming new user guide, not yet seen.      Lane & Summerhill:               Elizabeth S. Lane, and Craig A. Summerhill, An               Internet Primer for Information Professionals: A               Basic Guide to Networking Technology, p. 200,               Meckler Corp., Westport, CT, forthcoming in 1992.               $37.50. ISBN 0-88736-831-X.      This book, not yet seen, is apparently aimed at information      professionals, presumably meaning librarians and others.3.  Travelogs   This category has only one book in it so far.      Malamud:               Carl Malamud, Exploring the Internet: A Technical               Travelogue, p. 376, Prentice-Hall, Englewood               Cliffs, NJ, August 1992.               $26.95. ISBN 0-13-296898-3.               Book Review: Internet Society News, 1(3):34.               Summer 1992.               Book Review: Network Computing, 3(11):46. October               15, 1992.               Book Review: Matrix News, 2(9):9,11. Sept. 1992.      Many fine lunches and dinners with users, administrators, and      developers of the Internet in many countries around the world,      with accurate technical background.  Certainly the most wickedly      funny of all the books about the Internet.  Contains a subplot      about how and why ITU and ISO do not publish their standards      online.Quarterman                                                      [Page 6]

RFC 1432                 Recent Internet Books                March 19934.  Standards   The seemingly obscure topic of standards is actually illuminating   when the subject is Internet Standards, because the processes that   produce them reflect how the whole network works: by the efforts of   its users and engineers.      Quarterman & Wilhelm:               John S. Quarterman, and Susanne Wilhelm, UNIX,               POSIX, and Open Systems: The Open Standards               Puzzle, p. 446, Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, 1993.               $42.50. ISBN 0-201-52772-3.               Book Review: Internet Society News, 1(3):34.               Summer 1992.      Context about open systems standards.  Includes a very brief      history of the Internet, comments on the effects of networks on      standards and the reverse, commentary on the benefits of      publishing standards online, and an in-depth examination of the      IETF standards process used to produce Internet Standards.  Also      includes an Internet growth graph.      Lynch & Rose:               Daniel C. Lynch and Marshall T. Rose, eds., The               Internet System Handbook, p. 822, Addison-Wesley,               Reading, MA, 1993.  $40, ISBN 0-201-56741-5.      A description of the process that produces Internet Standards, and      some other user level material in addition to protocol material.5.  Textbooks   This category includes a textbook on using the Internet, and some   other books that could be used as textbooks for sociology or policy.      Tennant:               Roy Tennant, John Ober, Anne G. Lipow, and               Foreword by Clifford Lynch, Crossing the Internet               Threshold: an Instructional Handbook, p. 142               pages, 1993.               $45.00. ISBN 1-882208-01-3.               simsc.si.edu:networks/crossing.ad      A short textbook on using the Internet, by two librarians at the      University of California at Berkeley.Quarterman                                                      [Page 7]

RFC 1432                 Recent Internet Books                March 1993      Benedikt:               Michael Benedikt, ed., Cyberspace: First Steps, p.               444, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1991.  $15.95. ISBN               0-262-02327-X.      An anthology of sociological examinations of networks and related      topics, by writers, scholars, and public figures.  Edited by a      professor of Architecture at the University of Texas.      Kahin:               Brian Kahin, ed., Building Information               Infrastructure: Issues in the Development of the               National Research and Education Network, p. 446,               McGraw-Hill Primis, New York, 1992.               $34.95, ISBN: 0-390-03083-X.               Book Review: Matrix News, 2(5). May 1992.      Includes the entire text of the High Performance Computing Act      (HPCA) of 1991 that authorized the forthcoming National Research      and Education Network (NREN), as well as numerous examinations of      what it does and should mean.  Papers from a workshop at Harvard's      Kennedy School of Government.  Tough sledding in spots, but very      rewarding in others.      Parkhurst:               Carol A. Parkhurst, ed., Library Perspectives on               NREN: The National Research and Education Network,               p. 86, LITA, Chicago, 1990.               $10.50. ISBN 0-8389-7477-5.               Book Review: Matrix News, 1(7). Oct. 1991.      Another NREN policy anthology; this one oriented towards library      uses.Quarterman                                                      [Page 8]

RFC 1432                 Recent Internet Books                March 1993      McClure:               Charles McClure, Ann Bishop, Philip Doty, and               Howard Rosenbaum, The National Research And               Education Network (NREN): Research and Policy               Perspectives, p. 746, Ablex Press, Norwood, NJ,               1991.               $45 personal; $95 institutional. ISBN               0-89391-813-X. Book Review: Matrix News, 1(6).               Sep. 1991.               Book Review: Electronic Networking: Research,               Applications and Policy 2(1). Spring 1992.      Masses of information on NREN, and examination of its potential      effects on research.6.  Hacking and Cracking   Hacking is skillful programming.  Cracking is breaking and entering.   If you don't know the difference, read the first two books below.  If   you don't think it matters, read the last book below, which examines   how law enforcement agencies confused about computers and networks   did some very strange things.      Levy:               Steven Levy, Hackers: Heroes of the Computer               Revolution, p. 473, Anchor Press/Doubleday, Garden               City, NY, 1984.  $17.95. ISBN 0-385-19195-2 (hc).               $4.95 ISBN 0-440-13405-6 (pbk).      Tales of the real hackers who invented the modern computer      industry.  Some of these people are still quite active on the nets      today.      Raymond & Steele:               Eric S. Raymond, ed., Guy Steele, The New Hacker's               Dictionary, p. 453, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA,               1991.  ISBN 0-262-18145-2 (hc). $10.95 ISBN               0-262-68069-6 (pbk).      The authority on hacker jargon, and a very amusing book.  Look it      up in here when you doubt a definition in the press.Quarterman                                                      [Page 9]

RFC 1432                 Recent Internet Books                March 1993      Stoll:               Clifford Stoll, The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy               Through the Maze of Computer Espionage, p. 332,               Doubleday, New York, 1989.  $19.95. ISBN               0-385-24946-2 (alk. paper).      A spy novel, except it's true: a first person account by a down-      on-his-luck Berkeley astronomer who with others tracked down a KGB      network spy.  Despite its necessary concentration on cracking,      still a readable introduction to what the Internet is about.      Hafner & Markoff:               Katie Hafner, and John Markoff, Cyberpunk, p. 368,               Simon & Schuster, New York, 1991.  $22.95. ISBN               0-671-68322-5.      Interviews with some of the crackers who have appeared      conspicuously in the press in the past few years.  One of the co-      authors is the New York Times reporter who broke the Stoll story      to the public.      Denning:               Peter J. Denning, ed., Computers Under Attack:               Intruders, Worms, and Viruses, p. 574, ACM               Press/Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, 1990.  $23.95,               ISBN 0-201-53067-8.      Details of celebrated network security cases, including those      described in the previous two books.  Includes Stoll's original      article about the Wiley Hacker, and responses and articles by      others on the same subject.  Has extensive coverage of the 1988      Internet Worm.  Also includes information on viruses.  Has quite a      bit of material on the cultures of the networks, and on social,      legal, and ethical matters.  Starts with the standard historical      network papers, including "Notable Computer Networks" by      Quarterman and Hoskins.Quarterman                                                     [Page 10]

RFC 1432                 Recent Internet Books                March 1993      Sterling:               Bruce Sterling, The Hacker Crackdown: Law and               Disorder on the electronic frontier, p. 352,               Bantam, New York, 1992.  $23. ISBN 0-553-08058-X.      An in-depth examination of the forces of law who try to deal with      computer crime, and of the issues involved, written by one of the      science fiction writers who invented cyberpunk.  The real story      behind Operation Sundevil and the Legion of Doom.  Readable,      informative, amusing, and necessary.7.  Resource Guides   These have always been available online.      NorthWestNet:               NorthWestNet, NorthWestNet User Services Internet               Resource Guide, p. 297, NorthWestNet, Bellevue,               WA, 1992.               $20.  ISBN [none]. Book Review: Matrix News, 2(1).               Jan. 1992.               ftphost.nwnet.net:nic/nwnet/user-               guide/README.nusirg          NorthWestNet's Resource Guide.      IRG:               NNSC, Internet Resource Guide, p. 240, NSF Network               Service Center (NNSC), BBN, Cambridge, MA, 1991.               $15. ISBN [none].               nnsc.nsf.net:resource-guide/README.      The original Internet Resource Guide.Quarterman                                                     [Page 11]

RFC 1432                 Recent Internet Books                March 19938.  Also About Other Networks   The network service most people use is electronic mail, which is   carried over many networks other than the Internet, throughout the   worldwide Matrix of interconnected computer networks that exchange   mail.  These are books about networks that cover more networks than   the Internet alone.      Frey & Adams:               Donnalyn Frey, and Rick Adams, !%@: A Directory of               Electronic Mail Addressing and Networks, p. 436,               O'Reilly & Associates, Sebastopol, CA, January               1991.  $26.95. ISBN 0-937-17515-3 (pbk.).      A quick desk reference to many networks, with two pages on each      one.      LaQuey (UDCN):               Tracy Lynn LaQuey, Users' Directory of Computer               Networks, p. 645, Digital Press, Bedford, MA,               1989.  $34.95 Digital Part Number EY-C200E-DP;               Digital Press ISBN 1-555-58047-5; Prentice-Hall               ISBN 0-13-950262-9.      A directory of users, domains, etc. of the Internet, BITNET, UUCP,      etc.      Quarterman:               John S. Quarterman, The Matrix: Computer Networks               and Conferencing Systems Worldwide, p. 746,               Digital Press, Bedford, MA, 1990.  $50. Digital               order number EY-C176E-DP-SS, Digital Press ISBN               155558-033-5, Prentice-Hall ISBN 0-13-565607-9.      A context book about all computer networks worldwide, including      UUCP, FidoNet, BITNET, USENET, and the Internet.  The longest of      all the books listed, and the most comprehensive.Quarterman                                                     [Page 12]

RFC 1432                 Recent Internet Books                March 19939.  Publishers   These are in alphabetical order.  Most of the telephone and fax   numbers are only for orders, not for other kinds of communications.          Ablex Publishing Corp.          Doubleday, a division of          201-767-8450                    Bantam Doubleday Dell          fax: 201-767-6717                  Publishing Group, Inc.          355 Chestnut St.                212-765-6500          Norwood, NJ 07648               800-223-6834                                          fax: 212-765-3869                                          666 Fifth Avenue          Addison-Wesley Publishing Co.   New York, NY  10103          74230.3622@CompuServe.com          617-944-3700          800-447-2226                    Library Solution Press          1 Jacob Way                     510-841-2636          Reading, MA 01867               fax: 415-594-0411                                          1100 Industrial Road, Suite 9                                          San Carlos, CA 94070          Bantam, a division of          Bantam Doubleday Dell             Publishing Group Inc.        LITA Publications          212-765-6500                    ALANET ALA0085          800-223-6834                    800-545-2433          fax: 212-765-3869               312-280-4270          666 Fifth Avenue                fax: + 312-440-9374          New York, NY  10103             50 East Huron Street                                          Chicago, IL  60602          Digital Press          buddenhagen@cecv01.enet.dec.com McGraw-Hill          617-276-1498                    212-512-2000          fax: 617-276-4314               1221 Ave. of the Americas          Digital Equipment Corporation   New York, NY 10020          12 Crosby Drive BUO/E94          Bedford, MA 01730          Meckler Corporation             Simon & Schuster          (203) 226-6967                  212-698-7000          Fax: (203) 545-5840             800-223-2336          11 Ferry Lane West              fax: 212-698-7007          Westport, CT 06880              Subsidiary of                                          Paramount Communications Inc.                                          the Simon & Schuster Bldg.                                          1230 Ave. of the Americas                                          New York, NY  10020Quarterman                                                     [Page 13]

RFC 1432                 Recent Internet Books                March 1993                                          SRI International          MIT Press                       nisc@nisc.sri.com          Massachusetts Institute         415-859-6387             of Technology                415-859-6387          Cambridge, MA  02142            fax: 415-859-6028                                          Network Information Systems          NorthWestNet                    Center          nusirg-orders@nwnet.net         333 Ravenswood Avenue,          206-562-3000                    Room EJ29          fax: 206-562-4822               Menlo Park, CA 9402          NUSIRG Orders          15400 SE 30th Place, Suite 202          Bellevue, WA  98007          NSFNET Network Service Center          nnsc@nnsc.nsf.net          617-873-3400          Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc.          10 Moulton Street          Cambridge, MA  02138          O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.          nuts@ora.com          707-829-0515          800-998-9938  7am to 5pm PST          fax: 707-829-0104          103 Morris Street, Suite A          Sebastopol, CA 95472          Prentice-Hall          info@prenhall.com          515-284-6751          fax: 515-284-2607          Route 9W          Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632Security Considerations   Security issues are not discussed in this memo.Quarterman                                                     [Page 14]

RFC 1432                 Recent Internet Books                March 1993Author's Address   John S. Quarterman   Matrix Information and Directory Services, Inc. (MIDS)   1106 Clayton Lane, Suite 500W   Austin, TX 78723   U.S.A.   EMail: jsq@tic.com   Phone: +1-512-451-7602   Fax: +1-512-450-1436   For further information on MIDS, contact:   Matrix News   Matrix Information & Directory Services, Inc. (MIDS)   1106 Clayton Lane, Suite 500W   Austin, TX 78723   U.S.A.   EMail: mids@tic.com   Phone: +1-512-451-7602   Fax: +1-512-450-1436Quarterman                                                     [Page 15]