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Last updated on Mon Nov 17, 2003
- Topics: Administrative aspects of CSE 489/589, Introduction to Computer Networking, the TCP/IP reference model
- Reading Assignment:
- A brief history of the Internet
- Textbook: Chapter 1.
- Topics:
- Protocol Architectures.
- The Application Layer: DNS, FTP, HTTP, SMTP.
- Reading Assignment:
- Textbook: Chapter 2.
- Supplementary reading:
- Browse and read as much as you're interested in and understand the DNS FAQ
- No class on Monday Sep 01 -- Labor day
- Topics:
- TCP/IP Transport Layer: TCP & UDP introduction.
- Unix Network Programming API.
- P2P File sharing.
- Reading Assignment:
- Keep reading last week's sections
- Beej's Guide to Network Programming
- Introduction To Unix Signals Programming
- Textbook: 2.6, 2.7, 3.1
- Read the following network programming examples carefully, in the order given. The simpler example goes first.
- Mon, Sep 08: hw1 out.
- Topic: The transport layer
- Connectionless Transport
- Multiplexing and Demultiplexing
- Reliable Data Transfer
- Reading Assignment:
- Textbook: 3.1--3.4
- Sep 15: Project - phase 1 out.
- Topic: TCP
- Reading Assignment:
- Textbook: 3.5
- Supplementary Reading:
- Mon, Sep 22: hw1 due, hw2 out.
- Topic: Congestion control
- Reading Assignment:
- Textbook: 3.6--3.8
- V. Jacobson and M. Karels, "congestion avoidance and control", Proceedings of ACM SIGCOMM'88 (Palo Alto, CA), pp.314-329, August 1988
- TCP Congestion Control (RFC 2581)
- C. Q. Yang and Reddy A. A taxonomy for congestion control algorithms in packet switching networks. IEEE Network Magazine, 9:34--45, 1995
- Suplementary Reading:
- TCP and Explicit Congestion Notification, Floyd, S., AC M Computer Communication Review, V. 24,N. 5, October 1994, p. 10 -23.
- TCP Selective Acknowledgement Options, Mathis, M., Mahdav i, J., Floyd, S., and Romanow, A., RFC 2018, April 1996.
- S. Floyd, and V. Jacobson, "Random Early Detection Gateways for Congestion Avoidance", IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, V.1, N.4, August 1993, p. 397-413.
- Topic: Network layer
- Services
- Routing principles
- IP Addressing
- Reading Assignment:
- Textbook: 4.1--4.4
- Understanding IP Addressing: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know - By Chuck Semeria: Part 1 (pp 1-21) | Part 2 (pp 22-43) | Part 3 (pp 44-65)
- Suplementary Reading:
- No class on Mon, Oct 06 - Yom Kippur
- Wed, Oct 08: hw2 due.
- Topic: The Internet Protocol
- ICMP
- More on addressing
- Routing on the Internet: RIP & OSPF, BGP
- Reading Assignment:
- Textbook: 4.4--4.5
- Suplementary Reading:
- Mon Oct 13: Project phase 1 due.
Absolute deadline!
- Fri Oct 17: Midterm exam.
- Topic: More on the Internet Protocol
- ICMP
- DHCP
- NAT/PAT
- Reading Assignment:
- Textbook: 4.6--4.10
- Suplementary Reading:
- Mon Oct 20:
- Deadline for grads to register the survey topic.
- Project phase 2 out.
- Topic: More on the Internet Protocol
- Inside a router
- Switching Fabrics
- Reading Assignment:
- Textbook: 4.6--4.10
- Fri Oct 31: hw3 out.
- Topic: More on the Internet Protocol
- IP Multicasting & Mobile IP.
- Reading Assignment:
- Textbook: 4.6--4.10
- Introduction to IP multicast routing
- Suplementary Reading:
- IP encapsulation within IP (RFC 2003)
- Mobile Networking Through Mobile IP (Charles Perkins)
- Nomadicity: How Mobility Will Affect the Protocol Stack (Charles Perkins)
- Topic: Brief overview of the physical layer & Datalink
layer
- Multiple Access Protocols
- ARP
- Reading Assignment:
- Textbook: 5.1--5.4
- Digital Subscriber Line Basics
- Suplementary Reading:
- Textbook: Chapter 3 except section 3.5
- Point to point (PPP) protocol
- Synchronous Data Link Control (SDLC) and Derivatives
- Fri Nov 14: hw3 due, hw4 out.
- Topic: Local Area Networks
- Ethernet
- Hardwares: hubs, bridges, switches
- Wireless LANs: 802.11
- Reading Assignment:
- Textbook: 5.5--5.8
- Introduction to LAN Protocols
- Ethernet Technologies
- Suplementary Reading:
- Topic: Network Security
- Reading Assignment:
- Textbook: Chapter 7
- Suplementary Reading:
- No classes on Wednesday, Nov 26 and Friday, Nov 28 - Fall Recess.
- Topic: Network Security
- Reading Assignment:
- Textbook: Chapter 7.
- Suplementary Reading:
- IP Security Charter
- IP Authentication using Keyed MD5 (RFC 1828)
- IP Authentication Header (RFC 2402)
- Security Architecture for the Internet Protocol (RFC 2401)
- Open SSL (for SSL and TSL implementations and related issues)
- Apache SSL
- Kerberos: The network authentication protocol
- Topic: Multimedia Networking (if time allows)
- Reading Assignment:
- Textbook: Chapter 6
- C. Perkins, O. Hodson, and V. Hardman, "A Survey of Packet Loss Recovery Techniques for Streaming Audio", IEEE Network, Vol. 12, No. 5, Sept./Oct. 1998.
- Suplementary Reading:
- Fri, Dec 05: hw4 due.
- Topic: Wrap things up - review for final exam.
- Monday Dec 08 is the last day of class.
- Monday Dec 08: Survey due!