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This is a helpful review of the fundamentals to cover. I will definitely be doing my own searches for content on the topics.

Do you have any good references for resources in the vein of teaching the fundamentals. Not like "DNS: here is how to configure a BIND server" but like "DNS: Here are the core concepts, what you will typically need to set up, common issues / confusions, and further reading."

I have tried going through RFCs for a lot of these, but they tend to be focused on implementation rather than "why". Similarly, software-specific content is "how to achieve this outcome with this implementation", but lacks context on why one would want that outcome.




I'm reading this book and it contains explanations about "why" too, in addition to some light historical context in places:

Douglas Comer: "Internetworking with TCP/IP Volume One 6th Edition"




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