TY - BOOK AU - Comer,Douglas E. TI - Network Systems Design / Using Network Processors Intel Ixp Version SN - 131417924 PY - 2004/// PB - Prentice Hall N2 - This text explains the software and hardware architectures used to implement the Internet, including switches, routes, bridges, NAT boxes, firewalls, intrusion-detection systems and load balancers. Foreword, Preface, Introduction and Overview, Review of Protocols and Packet Format, Traditional Protocol Processing Systems, Conventional Computer Hardware Architecture, Packet Processing Functions, Classification and Forwarding, Networks Processor Technology, Issues in Scaling A Network Processor, Languages Used for Classification, Example Network Processor, Overview of the Intel Network Processor, Micro Engine Programming, An Example ACE, Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations, Bibliography, Index ER -