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CSCE 463-500/612-600: Networks and Distributed Processing
TR 12:45-2:00pm (Spring 2025) in HRBB 113

Syllabus

PDF

Lectures (* marks homework due dates)

Date

File

Lecture

Topic

1/14 PDF

Preliminaries I

Syllabus, Visual Studio

1/16 PDF

Preliminaries II

URL parsing, sockets, HTTP

1/21 PDF

Introduction I *

Terminology and overview

1/23 PDF

Introduction II

Delay and loss

1/28 PDF

Application layer I *

Application types, HTTP

1/30  

Quiz 1

Chapter 1

2/4 PDF

Application layer II

Caching, cookies, FTP, email

2/6  

Application layer III

DNS basics

2/11  

Application layer IV *

DNS vulnerabilities

2/13  

Midterm 1

Chapters 1-2, homework #1

2/18  

Application layer V

Other DNS uses, P2P
2/20  

Transport layer I

Multiplexing, UDP

2/25  

Transport Layer II

Reliable data transfer, stop & wait

2/27  

Quiz 2

Chapter 2

3/4  

Transport Layer III *

Go-back-N, Selective Repeat

3/6  

Transport Layer IV

Timeouts, flow control, fast retx

3/11  

Spring Break

Spring Break

3/13  

Spring Break

Spring Break

3/18  

Transport Layer V

Congestion control

3/20  

Midterm 2

Chapters 2-3, homework #2

3/25  

Transport Layer VI *

TCP modeling, fairness

3/27  

Network Layer I

Introduction

4/1  

Network Layer II

Switching, IP header

4/3  

Quiz 3

Chapters 3-4

4/8  

Network Layer III *

NAT, link-state routing

4/10  

Network Layer IV

Distance vector, RIP, OSPF

4/15  

Network Layer V

BGP, multicast

4/17  

Data-link Layer I *

Error detection/correction, CSMA

4/22  

Data-link Layer II

Ethernet, hubs/switches

4/24  

Midterm 3

Chapters 3-5, homework #3-4

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Class Materials

Useful Links

Homework

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File(s)

Topic

Due

1

p1, p2, p3

Web client (3 parts)

1/21, 1/28, 2/11

2

 

Native DNS resolver

3/4

3

 

Reliable data transfer (3 parts)

3/25, 4/8, 4/17

4

 

Parallel traceroute

5/4


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