Computer networks -- 2007-2008 -- info.uvt.ro/Laboratory agenda

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Contents 1 Laboratory 01 2 Laboratory 02 3 Laboratory 03 4 Laboratory 04 5 Laboratory 05 6 Laboratory 06 7 Laboratory 07 8 Laboratory 08 9 Laboratory 09 10 Laboratory 10 11 Laboratory 11 12 Laboratory 12 13 Laboratory 13 14 Laboratory 14

[edit] Laboratory 01

• agenda;
• evaluation;
• communication / protocol definitions;
• communication / protocol design principles;
• communication types:
  • ordered vs unordered;
  • reliable vs unreliable;
  • connection-oriented vs connection-less;
  • stream vs datagram oriented;
• implementation issues:
  • one process / thread per client;
  • thread pooling;
  • asynchronous IO;
  • EDA, SEDA (optional);
  • Message queues (optional);
• brief TCP/IP introduction:
  • IP address;
  • ports;
• DNS;

[edit] Laboratory 02

• DNS reminding;
• Client and server stream sockets:
  • connecting, closing;
  • reading, writing;
  • buffering, flushing;
• Assignments: TCP client application;

[edit] Laboratory 03

• Client and server datagram sockets:
  • connecting, closing;
  • reading, writing;
  • broadcast;
  • multicasting (optional);
• Assignments: UDP client application;

[edit] Laboratory 04

• Standard protocols:
  • HTTP;
  • SMTP;
  • POP3;
  • TFTP;
  • FTP;
  • Distributed / peer-to-peer sharing / file systems (optional);
• Assignments: HTTP client;

[edit] Laboratory 05

• Network tools:
  • ping, arping;
  • netstat;
  • ip / ifconfig / route;
  • nslookup, dig;
  • traceroute;
  • wireshark;

[edit] Laboratory 06

• Network diagrams:
  • software (Visio, Dia);
  • standard symbols;
• Case study: UVT, FMI;
• IPv4 address computations;
• Assignment: preparing for test;

[edit] Laboratory 07

• modem;
• network card;
• switch;
• router;
• media converter;
• connectics;
• access point;
• repeater;

[edit] Laboratory 08

• OSI and TCP/IP: layers and comparison (recapitulation);
• Ethernet packet dissection;
• IPv4/IPv6 packet dissection;
• encapsulation and packet dissection using Wireshark;
• STP (optional);
• VLAN (optional);
• Assignments: essay;

[edit] Laboratory 09

• IPv4/IPv6 addressing;
• Routing:
  • static routing;
  • dynamic routing:
    • RIP;
  • NAT;
• QoS (optional);
• Assignments: essay about QoS, BGP;

[edit] Laboratory 10

• Users and groups;
• File system concepts:
  • permissions;
  • ACL;
• File system types:
  • local;
  • remote;
  • distributed;
• Network file systems:
  • SMB / Samba;
  • CIFS;
  • NFS;
• Network storage:
  • iSCSI
  • ATAoE;
  • NAS / SAN;
• Assignments: essay;

[edit] Laboratory 11

• Error detection / correcting codes;
• Authentication:
  • Kerberos;
  • LDAP / ActiveDirectory;
• Compression;
• Encryption:
  • symtric: AES, TripleDES, ARC4;
  • PKI: RSA;
• Message digest / hashes: MD5, SHA;
• Digital signature;

[edit] Laboratory 12

• Firewall concepts:
  • state-full;
  • state-less;
• Applications:
  • Windows firewall;
  • ipfw for Windows;
  • iptables;

[edit] Laboratory 13

• Vulnerabilities and attacks;

[edit] Laboratory 14

• Closure;

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• conf. dr. Victoria Iordan, iordan@info.uvt.ro
• lect. drd. Horia Popa, hpopa@info.uvt.ro
• Marian Neagul, marian@info.uvt.ro
• Ciprian Dorin Crăciun, ccraciun@info.uvt.ro
• Mihail Găianu, mgaianu@info.uvt.ro