National Bureau of Standards omits any of the criticism that it raised in the engineering and computing communities (e.g, the possibility of breaking the code with a special purpose multiprocessor array; the possibility of a secret "trapdoor" mischievously incorporated in the system).
The book abounds with typographical errors. However, all the errors that I spotted could be easily corrected by the casual reader, and none would cause much confusion. If these errors are the result of fast editing, I believe it is a valid sacrifice in trying to speed up the publication of this most valuable book. It seems that with the same goal in mind, the scope of the index was greatly reduced.
The book shuns completely the topics of modeling, mathematical performance analysis, and simulation. However, to the OR practitioner it offers a clear and uncluttered introduction to the rapidly growing world of computer communications. Some readers may shy away from reading the whole book because of its size (562 pp). This would be a mistake. Some readers may indeed be interested in just a few selected topics. However, many insightful discussions and valuable data are dispersed throughout the book. Even the casual reader would benefit from at least "scanning" the whole book, just t o know what is in it. Chances are that after you "scan" a section you will be tempted to read it.