The appeal of The Complete IS-IS Routing Protocol is the hole it plugs in the modern-day networking needs of thousands of service providers the world over. While service providers deploy advanced technologies like MPLS, VPNs and Traffic Engineering, there is a fundamental lack of understanding of the glue that holds these Autonomous Systems together. The Complete IS-IS Routing Protocol is a comprehensive way to empower growing number of ISPs network engineers, architects, and operators to truly understand IS-IS in depth and in a way they can use right away.
The book deals exclusively with the IS-IS Routing Protocol, which has exploded in popularity but remains fairly poorly documented. Most networking books touch on it, but few are actually dedicated to the complete subject.
Hannes Gredler
Cisco Communication Systems Interface Internet Protocol (IP) Long-Term-Evolution Multiprotocol Label Switching Network programming Network technologies Router Systems Architecture Troubleshooting architecture
From the reviews of the first edition:
"The book presents a wide range of problems concerning operation of the IS-IS routing protocol based on ISO-OSI standards, and belonging to the class of dynamic Interior Gateway and link-state routing protocols. … the material presented in the book is well organized. … the book can be undoubtedly very useful for all networking specialists." (Jozef Wozniak, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1070, 2005)