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CSCE 463-500/612-600: Networks and Distributed Processing
TR 11:10-12:25pm (Fall 2024) in HRBB 113

Syllabus

PDF

Lectures (* marks homework due dates)

Date

File

Lecture

Topic

8/20 PDF

Preliminaries I

Syllabus, Visual Studio

8/22 PDF

Preliminaries II

URL parsing, sockets, HTTP

8/27 PDF

Introduction I *

Terminology and overview

8/29 PDF

Introduction II

Delay and loss

9/3 PDF

Application layer I *

Application types, HTTP

9/5  

Quiz 1

Chapter 1

9/10 PDF

Application layer II

Caching, cookies, FTP, email

9/12 PDF

Application layer III

DNS basics

9/17  

Application layer IV *

DNS vulnerabilities

9/19  

Midterm 1

Chapters 1-2, homework #1

9/24  

Application layer V

Other DNS uses, P2P
9/26  

Transport layer I

Multiplexing, UDP

10/1  

Transport Layer II

Reliable data transfer, stop & wait

10/3  

Quiz 2

Chapter 2

10/8  

Fall Break

Fall Break

10/10  

Transport Layer III *

Go-back-N, Selective Repeat

10/15  

Transport Layer IV

Timeouts, flow control, fast retx

10/17  

Transport Layer V

Congestion control

10/22  

Midterm 2

Chapters 2-3, homework #2

10/24  

Transport Layer VI *

TCP modeling, fairness

10/29  

Network Layer I

Introduction

10/31  

Network Layer II

Switching, IP header

11/5  

Quiz 3

Chapters 3-4

11/7  

Network Layer III *

NAT, link-state routing

11/12  

Network Layer IV

Distance vector, RIP, OSPF

11/14  

Network Layer V

BGP, multicast

11/19  

Data-link Layer I *

Error detection/correction, CSMA

11/21  

Data-link Layer II

Ethernet, hubs/switches

11/26  

Midterm 3

Chapters 3-5, homework #3-4

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Class Materials

Useful Links

Homework

#

File(s)

Topic

Due

1

p1, p2, p3

Web client (3 parts)

8/27, 9/3, 9/17

2

 

Native DNS resolver

10/10

3

 

Reliable data transfer (3 parts)

10/24, 11/7, 11/19

4

 

Parallel traceroute

12/8


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