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The source code downloads are compressed, TAR archives. Use "tar -zxvf (filename)" to unpack them on Linux/UNIX. On a Windows PC, use any of the popular Unzip packages, and on the Macintosh, use Stuffit Expander. Please read the file called MANIFEST to see what's included in each archive.

The PDFs are primarily intended for instructors using the text within a classroom setting. To view them, use 'xpdf' on Linux/UNIX, and Acrobat Reader on other platforms.

The LaTeX source files used to produce the PDFs are also available. Instructors are welcome to take the LaTeX files and amend them as they see fit. Please e-mail me to request a copy of any LaTeX file.

Chapter 1: Meet Perl: links, PDF. Note: There is no source code download for this chapter.
Chapter 2: Snooping: source code, links, PDF.
Chapter 3: Sockets: source code, links, PDF.
Chapter 4: Protocols: source code, links, PDF.
Chapter 5: Management: source code, links, PDF.
Chapter 6: Mobile Agents: source code, links, PDF .

Links for Chapter 1: Meet Perl

The home of the Perl community, the Perl web-site
The Perl gossip-site
The Perl advocacy-site (This is also the home of The Perl Mongers)
The official location of the CPAN (Search the archive here)
The Perl 5.6 on-line documentation as a searchable web-site
The Perl Journal
The Perl Review is a new, on-line (and currently free) Perl magazine.

Links for Chapter 2: Snooping

This chapter has a number of diagrams.
Another diagram can be found in the "Network Employed" appendix.
Here they all are (in PDF format).

libpcap can be downloaded from the tcpdump web-site
Tim Potter's CPAN directory (NetPacket, etc.)
Shomiti Systems' Surveyor Lite is available for the Windows platform
Macintosh users can download a demo of EtherPeek from WildPackets (formerly: The AG Group)
Search for analyzers for the Linux platform at the FreshMeat web-site
The list of Ethernet Frame Types can be accessed here
The Transport Protocol Number Assignments can be accessed here

Other useful sites: The Net::Pcap for Windows page.

Links for Chapter 3: Sockets

The Perl web-site maintains a short list of networking links
A excellent resource for Windows programmers

Links for Chapter 4: Protocols

The HTTP standard document is available from the home of web standards
The text to any RFC can be found on the IETF web-site
All about the Apache Web Server
The Gisle Aas web-site (for the libwww-perl project)
Gisle's CPAN directory
Graham Barr's CPAN directory (libnet)
Find out about InterMapper for the Macintosh
Jay Rogers' CPAN directory (Net::Telnet)

Links for Chapter 5: Management

Daniel Hagerty's CPAN directory (Net::Traceroute)
David M. Town's CPAN directory (Net::SNMP)
The ISO maintains a on-line presence here

Links for Chapter 6: Mobile Agents

Steve Purkis' CPAN directory is here (Agent.pm).
The Agent.pm web-site can be found here.
James Duncan's CPAN directory is here (Class::Tom).
An excellent web-site devoted to listing on-line mobile agent resources is: cetus-links.

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