I remember Ed Kroll's books from the early-mid 1990s when I first started getting online.

Clearly they didn't date well, but his books along with the "Unix and Linux System Administration Handbook" (I had the red one, not sure which edition), set down the foundation for me.

Off the back of those I ended up going down a path as a Senior Engineer at one of the UK's largest ISPs and then getting back into development in the Internet industry ever since.

I owe a lot to Ed Kroll, amongst many others. Great to see this released through PG.

I remember picking up the Whole Internet Users Guide in high school in the early 90s when I became seriously interested in the Internet. One of the first books I read on the subject. Ah memories.

"When the Internet was designed it was to have about 50 connected networks. With the explosion of networking, the number is now approaching 300."

Good read, thanks for posting this.