Providing abstracts of nearly 300 standards and specifications and listings on over 200 other Internet-related documents, this book explains what each standard covers, its appropriate software design category, and where to obtain copies of the complete document. It covers topics such as: API's, authentication, binding, bridges, CIDR, databases, DHCP, e-mail, encryption, gateway, HIPPI, HTML, HTP, IMAP and more. The book lists specifications produced by organizations such as: AES, AIIM, ANSI, DoD, Microsoft and W3C.