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Off the top of my head, an understanding of internet architecture is probably a fundamental thing to have. IP, TCP, HTTP, DNS, etc.

http://www.amazon.com/TCP-Illustrated-Vol-Addison-Wesley-Pro...



Link to the 2nd Edition version of this book:

http://www.amazon.com/TCP-Illustrated-Protocols-Addison-Wesl...

(Didn't even realize it had been updated until I checked!)


BTW, if you decide you want the Kindle version, there's a $10 promo code. I'm not sure if you need to be signed up to Amazon Student for this, so YMMV:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000...


Worked for me, thanks!


+1 to this. No matter what you end up doing in your career, having a good idea about what's going on the wire is never wasted.




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