TDC 375-701
Practice 1
Not graded

If you want to be well prepared for just about anything that might
be thrown at you on a quiz or exam, these are some additional practice
questions that will help get you there.  These questions will not be
graded and no answer sheet is provided.  If you want to check the
answers, come prepared to the next class and ask about 1 or 2 of them
(sorry won't have time to get to them all).

From TCP/IP Protocol Suite, 4th Edition, answer:
1.9, Questions 1-10
2.8, Questions 1-16,
4.9, Questions 4-6, 8-11

Also answer the following questions:

Q. Compare and constrast the OSI model with the TCP/IP protocol suite.
   What are the notable differences?

Q. If you you have a fixed address space of 16 bits, how many potential
   globally unique addresses can you allocate?

Q. Which routing technique would you think is best considered an
   end-to-end approach to routing, a source-based algorithm or a
   network-based algorithm.  Can you make a case for the other?

Q. Consider what sorts of applications would be opposed to using error
   correction mechanisms.

Q. Define middle-box.

Q. What organization is responsible for drafting and maintaining the
   Internet Request For Comments (RFCs) documents?

Q. Name two sub-systems, not protocols per se, that are critical
   components of the Internet infrastructure.  Explain why they are
   critical.  What sorts of threats must they guard against?

Q. Briefly describe the difference between unicast, broadcast and
   multicast transmission.  Give an example of when you might use
   each one.

Q. Visit www.arin.net.  Now visit www.ripe.net.  Describe what the
   primary difference between the two organizations is.

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