TDC 375 Network Protocols
Summary
This course will cover a limited range of network protocol implementations and designs, particularly a subset of the TCP/IP protocol suite including, but not limited to IP, IPv6, ICMP, IGMP, UDP, TCP, DNS, BGP, RIP, OSPF/IS-IS. Time permitting we will also touch on network management with SNMP, IP multicast protocols, SCTP, tunneling and others as interest dictates.
While we will focus our attention on the ubiquitous TCP/IP protocol suite, the lectures will be roughly evently split between protocol basics, design/operational considerations (e.g. why are things the way they are) and real-world case studies.
The real-world case studies will draw from the instructor's current and active participation in the Internet operational community. This part of the course will attempt to show how network protocols really do or don't work and offer a rare glimpse from the front lines of security threats (e.g. Storm Worm, Conficker, Slammer, route hijacking), network monitoring and analysis tools (packet capture parsing software, DNS server probing, rogue C&C server monitoring) and network upgrade and enhancement attempts (implementing CoS/QoS, VoIP, router upgrades, IPv6, IP multicast, DNSSEC, standards and community participation).
Texts
- TCP/IP Protocol Suite, 4th Edition, Behrouz A. Forouzan, ISBN-13: 978-0073376042 (CDM Assigned and Required Book)
- TCP/IP Illustrated Volume I, W. Richard Stevens, ISBN-13: 978-0201633467 (optional)
- Interconnections: Bridges, Routers, Switches and Internetworking Protocols (2nd Edition), Radia Perlman, ISBN-13: 978-0201634488 (optional)
- Internet Core Protocols: The Definitive Guide: Help for Network Administrators, Eric Hall, ISBN-13: 978-1565925724 (optional)
Grading
- Quizzes (25%)
- Homework (25%)
- Mid-Term (25%)
- Final-Exam(25%)
Extra credit assignments may be given at the instructor's discretion.
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