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| From: | Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> | ||
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| To: | gentoo-user@l.g.o | ||
| Subject: | Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [WAY OT] wanna learn networking internals | ||
| Date: | Wed, 02 Sep 2015 21:15:18 | ||
| Message-Id: | 55E766D0.90701@gmail.com | ||
| In Reply to: | [gentoo-user] Re: [WAY OT] wanna learn networking internals by James |
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| 1 | On 02/09/2015 22:57, James wrote: |
| 2 | > Last, I suggest a parallel learning of C/C++ as it really helps with |
| 3 | > unix/linux/networking if can look at software sources and see what is going |
| 4 | > on. |
| 5 | |
| 6 | ^this^, after the basics are fully mastered. |
| 7 | |
| 8 | netmasks make no sense at all until bitwise operators are fully |
| 9 | understood. Even CIDR notation is not really obvious until you |
| 10 | understand what languages like C do with the 32 bit words we call IP |
| 11 | addresses. All x10 when IPv6 comes into play |
| 12 | |
| 13 | |
| 14 | -- |
| 15 | Alan McKinnon |
| 16 | alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
| Subject | Author |
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| [gentoo-user] Re: [WAY OT] wanna learn networking internals | James <wireless@×××××××××××.com> |
| Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [WAY OT] wanna learn networking internals | Francisco Ares <frares@×××××.com> |