Juniper Networks Books
The wait is over! Hannes Gredler's expert analysis of the IS-IS protocol, a work three years in the making, is now newly published!
The Complete IS-IS Protocol
by Hannes Gredler and Walter Goralski
Springer-Verlag; softcover, 560 pages, 248 illus.
ISBN: 1852338229 $89.95 US
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"For a long time, there were excellent books on OSPF, but very little on IS-IS. This encyclopedic work changes that. Now, at last, there is a book that does IS-IS justice."
Kireeti Kompella,
Distinguished Engineer, Juniper Networks
When the IS-IS routing protocol was initially deployed by the largest ISPs in a desperate search for a stable link-state protocol, it quickly gained popularity for its advantages in link-state routing. But the meteoric adoption led to a popular but sparsely documented and seldom understood protocol. In fact, it is increasingly difficult to get a complete picture of the IS-IS that is actually used in the field - what exists now is very different than the original ISO10589 specification completed back in 1990. The Complete IS-IS Routing Protocol provides the insight and practical solutions necessary to understand what it is and how it works. It's unique multivendor, real-world approach is both refreshing and invaluable. A book three years in the making, and illustrated with over 250 schematic illustrations, it is the new benchmark for IS-IS deployment.
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About the Authors
Hannes Gredler is a Professional Services Consultant at Juniper Networks Inc., where he is deploying/advising for numerous carriers and ISPs running the IS-IS, BGP and MPLS suite of protocols in their core backbones. He has been in the telecom industry for seven years and holds a Master's degree for Manufacturing and Automation from the Technical University of Graz (Austria). Hannes holds a CCIE certification (#2866) since 1997 as well as JNCIE (#22) certification since 2001. Besides his engagement at Juniper Networks,Inc., Hannes is actively involved in Open-Source Developments of networking decoders, where he contributed large parts of the Routing and Signaling Protocol Engines for tcpdump/libpcap http://www.tcpdump.org/ and Etherreal http://www.ethereal.com. Hannes currently lives near Innsbruck, Austria. He is married and has three daughters.
Walter J. Goralski is a Senior Member of Technical Staff with Juniper Networks Inc. and an Adjunct Professor of Computer Science at Pace University Graduate School in New York. He is the author of several books on DSL, the Internet, TCP/IP, and SONET, as well as of articles on data communications and other technology issues.
