CS 779/879 - Design of Network Protocols

Lectures - Spring 2008

1. Introduction and simple examples

2. Multicasting

3. UDP/TCP/IP protocol architecture

4. Useful Network Tools

5. TCP sockets

6. Multiplexing using select & poll

7. UDP sockets

8. SCTP (Stream Control Transmission Protocol)

9. Non-blocking I/O

10. Signals and out-of-band data

11. IPv6: Overview & Examples

12. Name and Address Conversions

13. Peeking, Unix Sockets & Threads

14. Server Design Alternatives