From: danny@cs.su.oz.au (Danny Yee)
Date: Wed, 08 Feb 1995 23:02:18 +1000
Subject: Book Review - The Future of the Internet Protocol

     title: The Future of the Internet Protocol
   edited : Carl Malamud
 publisher: O'Reilly & Associates 1994 (order@ora.com)
  subjects: computing, interview, audio
     other: 4 audio cassettes, US$24.95

I asked for a review copy of _The Future of the Internet Protocol_
thinking it was a book; I'm not, in general, a fan of multimedia
material.  In this case, however, I was pleasantly surprised.
_The Future of the Internet Protocol_ is a collection of 8 half
hour interviews from Carol Malamud's "Geek of the Week" segment on
Internet talk radio.  The interviewees are Bob Braden, Peter Casner,
Noel Chiapa, Steve Deering, Peter Ford, Bob Hinden, Christian Huitema
and Craig Partridge.  The interviews range beyond discussion of
the future of the Internet Protocol: as well as some of the IPng
proposals, they cover the history and future of the internet,
mobile IP, multicasting and the MBone, gigabit networking, quality
of service and charging issues, transition, and political issues.
Not all of those interviewed are good speakers, but they really
know what they are talking about, which makes a pleasant change from
listening to journalists, politicians and the trendy blathering on
about the "information superhighway" and "cyberspace".  While it's
impossible to go into much detail in a half hour interview, it *is*
assumed that the listener has a general knowledge of how the existing
TCP/IP protocols and internet work.

No dates are given for the interviews, but it's clear that some are
already a year and a half old, and they will age rapidly.  For the
moment, however, _The Future of the Internet Protocol_ is a great way
to get a broad overview of what is happening with internet research,
especially for those of us without the time to read RFCs and internet
drafts or to follow the various ietf mailing lists.

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Disclaimer: I requested and received a review copy of _The Future of 
the Internet Protocol_ from O'Reilly & Associates, but
I have no stake, financial or otherwise, in its success.

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%T	The Future of the Internet Protocol
%E	Carl Malamud
%I	O'Reilly & Associates
%C	Sebastapol, California
%D	1994
%O	4 cassettes
%G	ISBN 1-56592-996-9
%K	computing, interview, audio

Danny Yee (danny@cs.su.oz.au)
8 February 1995

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