Janet Sullivan wrote:
I'd like to make a list for the BGP4.net wiki of books that are thought
highly of by the network community. What books stand out for you as
being excellent? If you could only own 5 network related books, what
would they be?
One of my favorites from years back though not BGP-related, probably
out of date and out of print, a very good read none the less:
A Guide to Fractional T1
James E. Trulove, 1992
Artech House, ISBN 0-89006-524-1
One of my favorites is "The Elements of Networking Style" by M.A. Padlipsky.
The description starts off as "The World's Only Known Constructively Snotty
Computer Science Book..."
My copy (acquired sometime in the early 90's) was recommended by someone on
a mailing list or perhaps even comp.dcom.lans or something like that.
-Eric
"Eric Pylko" <eric@infinitenetworks.us> writes:
One of my favorites is "The Elements of Networking Style" by M.A. Padlipsky.
The description starts off as "The World's Only Known Constructively Snotty
Computer Science Book..."My copy (acquired sometime in the early 90's) was recommended by someone on
a mailing list or perhaps even comp.dcom.lans or something like that.
Believe it or not, it's back in print.
I've never met Pad in person, but if you've read his papers and
Elements of Networking Style, it'll come as no surprise that a close
friend of mine who worked with him at MITRE describes him as "a
fascinating character". 
---Rob