Even the most carefully designed and operated IP network is subject to any number of performance problems ranging from overloaded
links and mis-configured routers to server failures. For these situations, the network manager has several diagnostic tools as
options. Geoff Huston gives us an overview in an article entitled "Measuring IP Network Performance."
Voice over IP (VoIP) is an emerging application, as well as a rapidly growing market. Use of the corporate network or the
Internet at large to carry telephone traffic has many advantages, not the least economic ones. A successful VoIP network must not
only support IP-based telephones, but also provide a means of seamlessly integrating the IPbased network with traditional telephone
networks. At the core of VoIP lies the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and a few related protocols. Bill Stallings
describes SIP in our second article.
Book reviews published in The Internet Protocol Journal can rarely be characterized as "controversial." However, when the
book in question deals with ICANN, it is perhaps not surprising that strong opinions emerge. Thus, following the review of "Ruling
the Root" in our last issue, we received a letter from the author that is included in our "Letters to the Editor" section (along
with a response from the book reviewer). I would like to take this opportunity to remind our readers that book reviews do represent
the opinion of the reviewer and should be read in that light.
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