The first comprehensive book on network processors Focuses on how to build network systems - a feature not found in other books! Covers Intel's network processor including architecture, programming model, details, and example software Written by renowned networking expert and professor, Douglas Comer Network System Design Using Network озчрл Processors is the right book at the right time Networking expert Douglas Comer divides this book intofour major sections: a quick review of basics and packet header formats; Traditional Protocol Processing Systems; Network Processors - an independent overview of the technology, including motivation, economics, inherent complexities, and various examplesof commercial architectures; and Intel's network processor Network processor complexity is boiled down and simplified by allowing readers to see example code for a commercial processor, detailed explanations on the motivation and economics behind the technology, and a glossary for quick reference The book's scope includes the concepts, principles, and hardware and software architectures that are the underpinnings of the design and implementation of network systems including routers, bridges, switches, intrusion detection systems, and firewalls - all independent of vendor specifics An excellent fusion of network processing design principles, current architectures, and architectural directions, it is sure to become the standard text for this field theminute it hits the shelves Douglas E Comer is a professor at Purdue University where he teaches popular computer networking courses He consults for industry, and teaches hundreds of professionals and diverse audiences around the world about the Internet at professional conferences and in onsite presentations His series of books on TCP/IP protocols receive high acclaim, and are extremely popular One of the researchers who contributed to the formation of the Internet in the late 1970s and 1980s, he has served on the Internet Architecture Board, the group responsible for guiding development of the Internet, and is a Fellow of the ACM.  tronomeISBN 0131417924.