IST362: Network Protocols

Syllabus

Book on the web.

Final 2002 (Word format)

Final 2003 (Word format)

Lectures:

  1. Introduction.
  2. Application Layer. Telnet. HTTP..
  3. File Transfer Protocol.
  4. Simple Mail Transfer Protocol.
  5. Post Office Protocol v. 3.
  6. Internet Message Access Protocol.
  7. Domain Name Service.
  8. Transport Layer Protocols. UDP.
  9. Principles of Reliable Data Transfer and main ideas.
  10. Pipelined Reliable Data Transfer Protocol.
  11. Transport Layer Protocols. TCP.
  12. Network Layer.
  13. Multicasting.

Projects:

  1. TCP segments and timeouts.

Homework assignments:

Date Assignment
Aug 18, 2002 Read sections 1.1, 1.2, 1.7, and 1.8 (second edition). Be ready for your first quiz.
Sep 16, 2002
  • Read sections 2.1 -- 2.5 (second edition).
  • Learn how to work with NSLookup program.