“Networking for System Administrators, 2nd Edition” Update

“The book is underway.” What does that mean? The first half is largely done. The Windows stuff is PowerShell. The Debian stuff uses ip. FreeBSD is the reference Unix. I wrote a chapter on what folks need to know about TLS, to go in the middle. I sadly sent that to Bob Beck for his comments. I understand where TLS has been, but Bob has good insight into where it will be.

Bob’s a good guy, but he also has cause for a lawful quarrel with me. Whenever I start to feel depressed, I listen to that reco...