This course builds on COMP-321 to look at programming for network based systems. Subjects covered include TCP/IP programming, routing, network security and firewalling, DNS, SMTP and other higher level network protocols, and distributed computing.

Contents

1 Course Information

Course website
Instructor: Mehmet Gençer
Co-instructors:
Lecture Schedule:
Special Conditions: None

2 Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this module, the student should be able to:

• Describe the simplified data communications model and layered approach in networking.
• Describe commonly used physical mediums and basic functioning of physical layer protocols.
• Describe basic issues of point-to-point and broadcast networks and make informed choices about security provisions.
• Describe data layer protocols, flow control, error detection and recovery.
• Describe network layer protocols and packet switching networks.
• Describe characteristics issues in local area networks(LAN)
• Make informed choices about implementing LANs with common equipment.
• Describe communication characteristics of connection oriented and connectionless protocols.
• Implement connectionless servers and clients.
• Implement connection oriented clients and concurrent servers.
• Make informed choices for using synchronous, asynchronous, and signal driven socket programming techniques.
• Desctibe functioning of HTTP and SMTP protocols, and security issues in email systems.

3 Resources

Text Book: Data and Computer Communications, 7th Edition, William Stallings, Prentice Hall
Other Online and printed resources will be provided during the course.