As one of the most predominantly deployed Interior Gateway Protocols, Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) demands a wealth of knowledge on the part of internetworking professionals working with it on a daily basis. Unfortunately, publicly available documentation on the OSPF command set varies from being too thin on coverage to...

• Build security into the network by defining zones, implementing secure routing protocol designs, and building safe LAN switching environments

• Understand the inner...

This is the definitive guide to using OSPF and IS-IS protocols in large-scale IP enterprise, carrier, and service provider networks. Well-known network designer Jeff Doyle draws on his consulting...

• A complete revision of the best-selling first edition--widely considered a premier text on TCP/IP routing protocols

• A core textbook for CCIE...

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Get complete coverage of all the material included on he Cisco Certified Security Professional Certification (CCSP) exams inside this comprehensive, up-to-date resource. With full treatment of all the exam topics, this definitive, dual-purpose tool contains helpful exam tips, sample...

• Understand and overcome common routing problems associated with BGP, IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF, IS-IS, multicasting, and RIP, such as route installation, route advertisement, route redistribution, route summarization,...

Organizations continue to deploy firewalls as their central gatekeepers to prevent unauthorized users from entering their networks. However, network security is in many ways similar to physical security in that no one technology serves all needs-rather, a layered defense provides the best results. Organizations are increasingly looking to...

• In-depth coverage of key exam topics
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