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DateTopicReading assignments
Aug. 28Course outline and QuestionnaireN/A
Aug. 30The Network Edge and Core1.1~1.3
Sep. 4network performance1.4
Sep. 6Network layers, security, history1.5~1.6
Sep. 11Application Layer - Web, HTTP2.1~2.2
Sep. 13FTP, email(SMTP), DNS2.3~2.5
Sep. 18P2P,Socket Programming2.6~2.8, 3.1
Sep. 20Multiplexing, Reliable Data Transfer3.2~3.4
Sep. 25Reliable Data Transfer, Roundtrip time3.4~3.5
Sep. 27TCP flow and congestion control, connection management3.5~4.1
Oct. 2Datagram networks, routers, IP addresses4.2~4.4
Oct. 4NAT, ICMP, IPv64.4~4.5
Oct. 9Routing algorithms4.5~4.6
Oct. 11BGP, Multicast and Broadcast4.6~4.7
Oct. 16Midterm at 140SH 5:30~7:30pm
Oct. 18Link layerChapter 5
Oct. 23Wireless and mobile networks
Reed-solomon codes
6.1~6.4
Oct. 25Wireless security
Oct. 30Mobility6.5~7.2
Nov. 1Multimedia streaming7.2~7.3
Nov. 6Streaming over best-effort network7.3~7.4
Nov. 8RTCP, SIP7.4~7.5
Nov. 13Scheduling in QoS7.6~7.9
Nov. 15Network security introduction (1 slide per page)
Is DES broken?
8.1~8.2
Nov. 20,22Thanksgiving breakN/A
Nov. 27Public and symmetric key cryptography (1 slide per page)8.1~8.3
Nov. 29Hash and digital signature (1 slide per page)8.3~8.4
Dec. 4Endpoint authentication, SSL, IPsec, passwords (1 slide per page)8.4~8.7
Dec. 6Other passwords (graphics and biometrics) (1 slide per page)
Dec. 11Firewalls (1 slide per page)
Dec. 13Network management and cookies (1 slide per page)
Dec. 18Final exam at 2:15 P.M. at 110 MLH (usual classroom)