TDC 375 - Network Protocols - Autumn 2003/2004

Loop CSTC 214, Wednesdays, 5:45 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

John Kristoff (jtk@depaul.edu)

Final Projects due via email November 21, 11:59 p.m. US CST

In-class Final Exam on November 19 at 5:45 p.m. US CST

Final Exam is comprehensive, open book and open notes.
Read: Midterm study guide (text)
Read: Finalterm study guide (text)

Homework due by November 12, 5:45 p.m. CST

Read: TCP
Read: TCP Congestion Control (PDF)
Read: Avoiding Network Capacity Collapse (PDF)
Answer: Homework question set #7 (text)

Homework due by November 5, 5:45 p.m. CST

Read: Perlman Chapter 15
Read: Internet Multicast Today, The Internet Protocol Journal
Answer: Homework question set #6 (text)

No scheduled homework for October 29

Midterm scheduled for October 22, 5:45 p.m. US CDT

Read: Midterm study guide (text)

Homework due by October 15, 5:45 p.m. US CDT

Read: Perlman Chatper 14
Answer: Homework question set #5 (text)

Homework due by October 8, 5:45 p.m. US CDT

Read: Perlman Chapter 12
Answer: Homework question set #4 (text)

Homework due by October 1, 5:45 p.m. US CDT

Read: An Overview of TCP/IP from Firewalls and Internet Security: Repelling the Wily Hacker, 1st edition
Answer: Homework question set #3 (text)
Note: Rudimentary PGP/GnuPG installation instructions (text)

Homework due by September 24, 5:45 p.m. US CDT

Read: Perlman Chapter 11
Read: How Domain Name Servers Work
Answer: Homework question set #2 (text)

Homework due by September 17, 5:45 p.m. US CDT

Read: Perlman Chapter 6 and Chapter 8
Read: The Design Philosophy of the DARPA Intenret Protocols by David D. Clark (PDF, postscript)
Read: IETF RFC 1958, Architectural Principles of the Internet, by B. Carpenter (text)
Answer: Homework question set #1 (text)

In-class materials

Course Overview (PDF, postscript, OpenOffice, StarOffice, PowerPoint)
Exploration (PDF, postscript, OpenOffice, StarOffice, PowerPoint)
Internet Protocols Overview (PDF, postscript, OpenOffice, StarOffice, PowerPoint)

Internet Protocol (IPv4) (PDF, postscript, OpenOffice, StarOffice, PowerPoint)

Network Security [part 1] (PDF, postscript, OpenOffice, StarOffice, PowerPoint)

Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) (PDF, postscript, OpenOffice, StarOffice, PowerPoint)
Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) - Ofir Arkin (PowerPoint)
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) (PDF, postscript, OpenOffice, StarOffice, PowerPoint)
Domain Name System (DNS) (PDF, postscript, OpenOffice, StarOffice, PowerPoint)

Routing (PDF, postscript, OpenOffice, StarOffice, PowerPoint)

IPv6 (PDF, postscript, OpenOffice, StarOffice, PowerPoint)

Multicast (PDF, postscript, OpenOffice, StarOffice, PowerPoint)

TCP (PDF, postscript, OpenOffice, StarOffice, PowerPoint)