J. Blustein

Network Computing

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Course Administriva

Topics

1. Computer Networks and the Internet

   Readings

   Kurose & Ross 1.1 - 1.7

   Topics

   1. Introduction to the Internet
   2. Network services
   3. Network internals
   4. Packet switching
   5. Delays in packet switching
   6. Queuing
   7. Access media
   8. Protocol stacks

   Lecture Slides

   1. KR's Ch1a.ppt
   2. KR's Ch1b.ppt

   Handout

   • Postscript format
   • PDF format

2. The Application Layer

   Readings

   Kurose & Ross 2.1 - 2.5

   Topics

   1. Traceroute
   2. Packet sniffing
   3. Analysis of Ethernet TCP/IP packets
   4. Application layer protocols
   5. Hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP)
   6. FTP
   7. E-mail
   8. Simple mail transfer protocol (SMTP)
   9. Post office protocol (POP)
   10. Internet mail access protocol (IMAP)
   11. E-mail protocols
   12. Domain name system DNS
   13. Socket programming
   14. Telnet

3. The Transport Layer

   Readings

   Kurose & Ross 3.1 - 3.7

   Topics

   1. UDP
   2. TCP
      1. TCP timeouts
      2. TCP fairness
      3. TCP-specific congestion control
   3. Congestion control in general
   4. Reliable data transfer (checksums, ACKs, sequence numbers, timers
   5. Pipelined/sliding windows protocols
      1. Go-Back-N
      2. Selective Repeat

   Lecture Slides

   1. KR's Ch3a.ppt
   2. KR's Ch3b.ppt

   Handout

   • Postscript format
   • PDF format

4. Middleware Layer: Distributed Systems

   Readings

   Tanenbaum & van Steen Chapter 1, Sections 2.1.3

   Couloris, et al. Section 4.3

   Topics

   1. Definition of distributed systems
   2. Interoperability
   3. Concept of Middleware
   4. Remote procedure calls
   5. Distributed methods and objects
   6. Named and provate entities
   7. External data formats
   8. Java RMI
   9. CORBA
      1. Object model
      2. Facilities
      3. Services
      4. Repositories
      5. Interface Definition Language
      6. Dynamic and static invocation

   Lecture Slides

   1. distrSys.ppt
   2. JavaRMI.ppt
   3. CORBA.ppt

   Handout

   • Postscript format

5. Security

   Readings

   Kurose & Ross Ch. 7

   Topics

   1. What is security?
   2. Principles of Crypography
      1. Symmetic key cryptography
      2. Public key cryptography
   3. Authentication
   4. Integrity
   5. Key distribution, central authorities, and trust
   6. Examples of network security at various layers
      1. PGP and secure e-mail
      2. WWW security using SSL
      3. IPsec

   Lecture Slides

   1. KR's Ch7.ppt

6. Conclusion

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http://www.cs.dal.ca/~jamie/course/CS/3171/Course/sched.html

Version:

04 August 2002

CS 3171 Prof.:

J. Blustein <jamie@cs.dal.ca>