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</table>Jkinnehttps://cs.indstate.edu/web/index.php?title=CS_473_Networking&diff=102&oldid=prevwiki_previous>Znoble1: Created page with "== Catalog Description == The course is an introduction to networking and includes detailed study of Internet protocols and socket programming. Topics include a study of IP, U..."2021-05-18T13:17:23Z<p>Created page with "== Catalog Description == The course is an introduction to networking and includes detailed study of Internet protocols and socket programming. Topics include a study of IP, U..."</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>== Catalog Description ==<br />
The course is an introduction to networking and includes detailed study of Internet protocols and socket programming. Topics include a study of IP, UDP, and TCP protocols, as well as application layer protocols such as HTTP and SMTP. Students learn to program both a client and server. Prerequisite - C or better in CS 202.<br />
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== Prerequisites ==<br />
* C programming.<br />
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== Standard Content ==<br />
===Course Outline ===<br />
* History and Operation of Packet Networks and Switched Networks<br />
* Layered Protocols: TCP/IP and (maybe) OSI.<br />
* Socket programming - TCP/UDP - in C.<br />
* Example higher level protocols examined in some detail (e.g., SMTP or HTTP).<br />
* Encryption and the four horsemen of the apocalypse: symmetric block ciphers, cryptographic hashing functions, public key cryptosystems, and cryptographic random number generation. Discussion of SHA, AES, RSA, TLS.<br />
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===Learning Outcomes===<br />
* Understanding of data flow on the internet.<br />
* Understanding the fundamentals of network security and encryption.<br />
* Ability to write client and server programs in C.<br />
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===Important Assignments and/or Exam Questions===<br />
* Reading and analyzing packet dumps.<br />
* TCP Client/Server programming in C. Writing client and server programs for a specific purpose -- a multiuser game is a popular variant. The application level data might be text. Useful option: instructor writes the server, student writes the client.<br />
* UCP Client/Server programming in C: Similar to the TCP assignment, but this is a natural place to require detailed packet design (bit fiddling) and introduce big endian/little endian issues.<br />
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=== Standard resources ===<br />
* The original BSD Interprocess Communication tutorials are still very useful.<br />
* Unix Network Programming, Volume 1: The Sockets Networking API (3rd Edition) 3rd Edition by W. Richard Stevens (Author), Bill Fenner (Author), Andrew M. Rudoff (Author)</div>wiki_previous>Znoble1