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    Computer Networking A Top Down Approach

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    • Chapter 1 Computer Networks and the Internet
      • 1.1 What Is the Internet?
        • 1.1.1 A Nuts-and-Bolts Description
        • 1.1.2 A Services Description
        • 1.1.3 What Is a Protocol?
      • 1.2 The Network Edge
        • 1.2.1 Access Networks
        • 1.2.2 Physical Media
      • 1.3 The Network Core
        • 1.3.1 Packet Switching
        • 1.3.2 Circuit Switching
        • 1.3.3 A Network of Networks
      • 1.4 Delay, Loss, and Throughput in Packet-Switched Networks
        • 1.4.1 Overview of Delay in Packet-Switched Networks
        • 1.4.2 Queuing Delay and Packet Loss
        • 1.4.3 End-to-End Delay
        • 1.4.4 Throughput in Computer Networks
      • 1.5 Protocol Layers and Their Service Models
        • 1.5.1 Layered Architecture
        • 1.5.2 Encapsulation
      • 1.6 Networks Under Attack
      • 1.7 History of Computer Networking and the Internet
        • 1.7.1 The Development of Packet Switching: 1961-1972
        • 1.7.2 Proprietary Networks and Internetworking:1972-1980
        • 1.7.3 A Proliferation of Networks: 1980-1990
        • 1.7.4 The Internet Explosion: The 1990s
        • 1.7.5 The New Millennium
      • 1.8 Summary
      • Homework Problems and Questions
      • Wireshark Lab
      • Interview: Leonard Kleinrock
    • Chapter 2 Application Layer
      • 2.1 Principles of Network Applications
        • 2.1.1 Network Application Architectures
        • 2.1.2 Processes Communicating
        • 2.1.3 Transport Services Available to Applications
        • 2.1.4 Transport Services Provided by the Internet
        • 2.1.5 Application-Layer Protocols
        • 2.1.6 Network Applications Covered in This Book
      • 2.2 The Web and HTTP
        • 2.2.1 Overview of HTTP
        • 2.2.2 Non-Persistent and Persistent Connections
        • 2.2.3 HTTP Message Format
        • 2.2.4 User-Server Interaction: Cookies
        • 2.2.5 Web Caching
        • 2.2.6 HTTP/2
      • 2.3 Electronic Mail in the Internet
        • 2.3.1 SMTP
        • 2.3.2 Mail Message Formats
        • 2.3.3 Mail Access Protocols
      • 2.4 DNS--The Internet's Directory Service
        • 2.4.1 Services Provided by DNS
        • 2.4.2 Overview of How DNS Works
        • 2.4.3 DNS Records and Messages
      • 2.5 Peer-to-Peer File Distribution
      • 2.6 Video Streaming and Content Distribution Networks
        • 2.6.1 Internet Video
        • 2.6.2 HTTP Streaming and DASH
        • 2.6.3 Content Distribution Networks
        • 2.6.4 Case Studies: Netflix and YouTube
      • 2.7 Socket Programming: Creating Network Applications
        • 2.7.1 Socket Programming with UDP
        • 2.7.2 Socket Programming with TCP
      • 2.8 Summary
      • Homework Problems and Questions
      • Socket Programming Assignments
      • Wireshark Labs: HTTP, DNS
      • Interview: Tim Berners-Lee
    • Chapter 3 Transport Layer
      • 3.1 Introduction and Transport-Layer Services
        • 3.1.1 Relationship Between Transport and Network Layers
        • 3.1.2 Overview of the Transport Layer in the Internet
      • 3.2 Multiplexing and Demultiplexing
      • 3.3 Connectionless Transport: UDP
        • 3.3.1 UDP Segment Structure
        • 3.3.2 UDP Checksum
      • 3.4 Principles of Reliable Data Transfer
        • 3.4.1 Building a Reliable Data Transfer Protocol
        • 3.4.2 Pipelined Reliable Data Transfer Protocols
        • 3.4.3 Go-Back-N(GBN)
        • 3.4.4 Selective Repeat (SR)
      • 3.5 Connection-Oriented Transport: TCP
        • 3.5.1 The TCP Connection
        • 3.5.2 TCP Segment Structure
        • 3.5.3 Round-Trip Time Estimation and Timeout
        • 3.5.4 Reliable Data Transfer
        • 3.5.5 Flow Control
        • 3.5.6 TCP Connection Management
      • 3.6 Principles of Congestion Control
        • 3.6.1 The Causes and the Costs of Congestion
        • 3.6.2 Approaches to Congestion Control
      • 3.7 TCP Congestion Control
        • 3.7.1 Classic TCP Congestion Control
        • 3.7.2 Network-Assisted Explicit Congestion Notification and
      • Delayed-based Congestion Control
        • 3.7.3 Fairness
      • 3.8 Evolution of Transport-Layer Functionality
      • 3.9 Summary
      • Homework Problems and Questions
      • Programming Assignments
      • Wireshark Labs: Exploring TCP, UDP
      • Interview: Van Jacobson
    • Chapter 4 The Network Layer: Data Plane
      • 4.1 Overview of Network Layer
        • 4.1.1 Forwarding and Routing: The Data and Control Planes
        • 4.1.2 Network Service Model
      • 4.2 What's Inside a Router?
        • 4.2.1 Input Port Processing and Destination-Based Forwarding
        • 4.2.2 Switching
        • 4.2.3 Output Port Processing
        • 4.2.4 Where Does Queuing Occur?
        • 4.2.5 Packet Scheduling
      • 4.3 The Internet Protocol (IP): IPv4, Addressing, IPv6, and More
        • 4.3.1 IPv4 Datagram Format
        • 4.3.2 IPv4 Addressing
        • 4.3.3 Network Address Translation (NAT)
        • 4.3.4 IPv6
      • 4.4 Generalized Forwarding and SDN
        • 4.4.1 Match
        • 4.4.2 Action
        • 4.4.3 OpenFlow Examples of Match-plus-action in Action
      • 4.5 Middleboxes
      • 4.6 Summary
      • Homework Problems and Ouestions
      • Wireshark Lab: IP
      • Interview: Vinton G. Cerf
    • Chapter 5 The Network Layer: Control Plane
      • 5.1 Introduction
      • 5.2 Routing Algorithms
        • 5.2.1 The Link-State (LS) Routing Algorithm
        • 5.2.2 The Distance-Vector (DV) Routing Algorithm
      • 5.3 Intra-AS Routing in the Internet: OSPF
      • 5.4 Routing Among the ISPs: BGP
        • 5.4.1 The Role of BGP
        • 5.4.2 Advertising BGP Route Information
        • 5.4.3 Determining the Best Routes
        • 5.4.4 IP-Anycast
        • 5.4.5 Routing Policy
        • 5.4.6 Putting the Pieces Together: Obtaining Internet Presence
      • 5.5 The SDN Control Plane
        • 5.5.1 The SDN Control Plane: SDN Controller and
      • SD Network-control Applications
        • 5.5.2 OpenFlow Protocol
        • 5.5.3 Data and Control Plane Interaction: An Example
        • 5.5.4 SDN: Past and Future
      • 5.6 ICMP: The Internet Control Message Protocol
      • 5.7 Network Management and SNMP, NETCONF/YANG
        • 5.7.1 The Network Management Framework
        • 5.7.2 The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
      • and the Management Information Base (MIB)
        • 5.7.3 The Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF) and YANG
      • 5.8 Summary
      • Homework Problems and Questions
      • Socket Programming Assignment 5: ICMP Ping
      • Programming Assignment: Routing
      • Wireshark Lab: ICMP
      • Interview: Jennifer Rexford
    • Chapter 6 The Link Layer and LANs
      • 6.1 Introduction to the Link Layer
        • 6.1.1 The Services Provided by the Link Layer
        • 6.1.2 Where Is the Link Layer Implemented?
      • 6.2 Error-Detection and -Correction Techniques
        • 6.2.1 Parity Checks
        • 6.2.2 Checksumming Methods
        • 6.2.3 Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC)
      • 6.3 Multiple Access Links and Protocols
        • 6.3.1 Channel Partitioning Protocols
        • 6.3.2 Random Access Protocols
        • 6.3.3 Taking-Turns Protocols
        • 6.3.4 DOCSIS: The Link-Layer Protocol for Cable Internet Access
      • 6.4 Switched Local Area Networks
        • 6.4.1 Link-Layer Addressing and ARP
        • 6.4.2 Ethernet
        • 6.4.3 Link-Layer Switches
        • 6.4.4 Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs)
      • 6.5 Link Virtualization: A Network as a Link Layer
        • 6.5.1 Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) 6.6
      • Data Center Networking
        • 6.6.1 Data Center Architectures
        • 6.6.2 Trends in Data Center Networking
      • 6.7 Retrospective: A Day in the Life of a Web Page Request
        • 6.7.1 Getting Started: DHCP, UDP, IP, and Ethernet
        • 6.7.2 Still Getting Started: DNS and ARP
        • 6.7.3 Still Getting Started: Intra-Domain Routing to the DNS Server
        • 6.7.4 Web Client-Server Interaction: TCP and HTTP
      • 6.8 Summary
      • Homework Problems and Questions
      • Wireshark Labs: 802.11 Ethernet
      • Interview: Albert Greenberg
    • Chapter 7 Wireless and Mobile Networks
      • 7.1 Introduction
      • 7.2 Wireless Links and Network Characteristics
        • 7.2.1 CDMA
      • 7.3 WiFi: 802.11 Wireless LANs
        • 7.3.1 The 802.11 Wireless LAN Architecture
        • 7.3.2 The 802.11 MAC Protocol
        • 7.3.3 The IEEE 802.11 Frame
        • 7.3.4 Mobility in the Same IP Subnet
        • 7.3.5 Advanced Features in 802.11
        • 7.3.6 Personal Area Networks: Bluetooth
      • 7.4 Cellular Networks: 4G and 5G
        • 7.4.1 4G LTE Cellular Networks: Architecture and Elements
        • 7.4.2 LTE Protocols Stacks
        • 7.4.3 LTE Radio Access Network
      • 7.4,4 Additional LTE Functions: Network Attachment and
      • Power Management
        • 7.4.5 The Global Cellular Network: A Network of Networks
        • 7.4.6 5G Cellular Networks
      • 7.5 Mobility Management: Principles
        • 7.5.1 Device Mobility: a Network-layer Perspective
        • 7.5.2 Home Networks and Roaming on Visited Networks
        • 7.5.3 Direct and Indirect Routing to/from a Mobile Device
      • 7.6 Mobility Management in Practice
        • 7.6.1 Mobility Management in 4G/5G Networks
        • 7.6.2 Mobile IP
      • 7.7 Wireless and Mobility: Impact on Higher-Layer Protocols
      • 7.8 Summary
      • Homework Problems and Questions
      • Wireshark Lab: WiFi
      • Interview: Deborah Estrin
    • Chapter 8 Security in Computer Networks
      • 8.1 What Is Network Security?
      • 8.2 Principles of Cryptography
        • 8.2.1 Symmetric Key Cryptography
        • 8.2.2 Public Key Encryption
      • 8.3 Message Integrity and Digital Signatures
        • 8.3.1 Cryptographic Hash Functions
        • 8.3.2 Message Authentication Code
        • 8.3.3 Digital Signatures
      • 8.4 EndPoint Authentication
      • 8.5 Securing E-Mail
        • 8.5.1 Secure E-Mail
        • 8.5.2 PGP
      • 8.6 Securing TCP Connections: TLS
        • 8.6.1 The Big Picture
        • 8.6.2 A More Complete Picture
      • 8.7 Network-Layer Security: IPsec and Virtual Private Networks
        • 8.7.1 IPsec and Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)
        • 8.7.2 The AH and ESP Protocols
        • 8.7.3 Security Associations
        • 8.7.4 The IPsec Datagram
        • 8.7.5 IKE: Key Management in IPsec
      • 8.8 Securing Wireless LANs and 4G/5G Cellular Networks
        • 8.8.1 Authentication and Key Agreement in 802.11 Wireless LANs
        • 8.8.2 Authentication and Key Agreement in 4G/5G Cellular Networks
      • 8.9 Operational Security: Firewalls and Intrusion Detection Systems
        • 8.9.1 Firewalls
        • 8.9.2 Intrusion Detection Systems
      • 8.10 Summary
      • Homework Problems and Questions
      • Wireshark Lab: SSL
      • IPsec Lab
      • Interview: Steven M. Bellovin
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