CS 779/879 - Design of Network Protocols

INSTRUCTOR

  Hussein M. Abdel-Wahab, Ph.D.
  e-mail: wahab@cs.odu.edu
  offfice phone: (757) 683-4512
  office hours:   T 2-4pm & W 2-4pm
  office location: 249-4 Education Building

TEXTBOOK

UNIX Network Programming: Netwoking APIs: Volume 1,Second Edition,
By W. Richard Stevens, Prentice Hall, 1998 (ISBN 0-13-490012-X.

Source Code

Compiled Code: /home/cs779/stevens2nd.book/unpv12e

TOPICS

• Introduction to TCP and UDP
• Elementry TCP Sockets
• I/O multiplexing using select
• Socket Options
• Elementary UDP Sockets
• Name and Address Conversions
• Introduction to IPv6
• Daemon Processes and Superserver
• Unix Domain Propotocols
• Threads and Server Design
• Client-Server Design Alternatives
• Nonblocking I/O
• Multicasting
• Advanced UDP Sockets
• Out-of-Band Data
• Signal-Driven I/O
• IPv4 and IPv6 interoperability
• IP Options
• Raw Sockets Applications: Ping and Traceroute

Lectures

GRADING

• Midterm Exam:   (March 4)  25 %
• Final Exam:         (May 6)      25 %
• Assignments:                           25 %
• Project:                                    25 %

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