Also see http://shader.kaist.edu/packetshader/io_engine/index.html and http://www.ndsl.kaist.edu/~kyoungsoo/papers/2010-lanman-100Gbps.pdf Using latest x86 hardware and GPU to build a 100GB pc router / possible theoretically, but as of now, is not coming to an ISP near you/
http://blog.beyond-syntax.com/2011/03/diving-into-linux-networking-i/ Overview of how network driver work in linux kernel
http://cr.yp.to/djbdns/ipv6mess.html Criticism (a fair one, IMHO) for IPv6 from DJB
http://www.google.com/intl/en/ipv6/ Read here if you have IPv6 connectivity, you can have google services served via IPv6 (i.e., google will reply with AAAA records on queries made from your DNS server)
http://openvswitch.org/ right now ppl are using linux bridges as virtual switches for XEN/KVM VMs. Open vSwitch is an improvement over linux bridge that supports industry standard protocol and features and IOS-like CLI – [when project matures] ]you should be able trunk your VM server with cisco switch and expand it into the server with all features supported and backed by a standard config.
http://vger.kernel.org/~davem/skb.html details about important linux kernel networking subsystem data structure called “skb”
http://blog.funil.de/sinuspl/2008/08/14/cisco-asa-linux-und-qemu/ Notes about ASA 8.02 firmware: after some tricks with hexdump, dd and gzip, the guy was able to extract linux x86 initrd image from
http://www.internetpulse.net/ website that monitors status of traffic exchange between Tier-1 providers
http://www.opennet.ru/base/net/adsl_shaper.txt.html shaper script for ADSL< -->Ethernet gateway
http://forum.ixbt.com/topic.cgi?id=14:50205 list of equipment required for building fiber-optic network, mainly field tech tools