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Computer Networking : A Top-Down Approach Featuring the Internet
ISBN: 9780201976991 | 0201976994
Edition: 2ndFormat: Hardcover
Publisher: Addison Wesley
Pub. Date: 1/1/2003
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Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach Featuring the Internet provides a modern, top-down approach to the study of computer networking that begins with applications-level protocols and then works down the protocol stack. An early emphasis is placed on application-layer paradigms and application programming interfaces, allowing readers to get their hands-dirty with protocols and networking concepts in the context of applications they use daily. Proceeding through the layered network architecture in a top-down manner allows readers to focus on ... MORE
| Computer Networks and the Internet | p. 1 |
| What Is the Internet? | p. 2 |
| The Network Edge | p. 9 |
| The Network Core | p. 14 |
| Access Networks and Physical Media | p. 24 |
| ISPs and Internet Backbones | p. 34 |
| Delay and Loss in Packet-Switched Networks | p. 37 |
| Protocol Layers and Their Service Models | p. 44 |
| History of Computer Networking and the Internet | ... MOREp. 52 |
| Summary | p. 59 |
| Interview: Leonard Kleinrock | p. 71 |
| Application Layer | p. 73 |
| Principles of Network Applications | p. 74 |
| The Web and HTTP | p. 87 |
| File Transfer: FTP | p. 106 |
| Electronic Mail in the Internet | p. 109 |
| DNS--The Internet's Directory Service | p. 123 |
| P2P File Sharing | p. 136 |
| Socket Programming with TCP | p. 146 |
| Socket Programming with UDP | p. 156 |
| Building a Simple Web Server | p. 164 |
| Summary | p. 169 |
| Interview: Tim Berners-Lee | p. 181 |
| Transport Layer | p. 183 |
| Introduction and Transport-Layer Services | p. 184 |
| Multiplexing and Demultiplexing | p. 189 |
| Connectionless Transport: UDP | p. 196 |
| Principles of Reliable Data Transfer | p. 201 |
| Connection-Oriented Transport: TCP | p. 228 |
| Principles of Congestion Control | p. 254 |
| TCP Congestion Control | p. 264 |
| Summary | p. 284 |
| Interview: Sally Floyd | p. 297 |
| The Network Layer | p. 299 |
| Introduction | p. 300 |
| Virtual Circuit and Datagram Networks | p. 307 |
| What's Inside a Router? | p. 314 |
| The Internet Protocol (IP): Forwarding and Addressing in the Internet | p. 323 |
| Routing Algorithms | p. 351 |
| Routing in the Internet | p. 370 |
| Broadcast and Multicast Routing | p. 384 |
| Summary | p. 399 |
| Interview: Vinton G. Cerf | p. 414 |
| The Link Layer and Local Area Networks | p. 417 |
| Link Layer: Introduction and Services | p. 419 |
| Error-Detection and -Correction Techniques | p. 423 |
| Multiple Access Protocols | p. 430 |
| Link-Layer Addressing | p. 445 |
| Ethernet | p. 455 |
| Interconnections: Hubs and Switches | p. 465 |
| PPP: The Point-to-Point Protocol | p. 477 |
| Link Virtualization: A Network as a Link Layer | p. 482 |
| Summary | p. 491 |
| Interview: Simon S. Lam | p. 500 |
| Wireless and Mobile Networks | p. 503 |
| Introduction | p. 504 |
| Wireless Links and Network Characteristics | p. 508 |
| Wi-Fi: 802.11 Wireless LANs | p. 513 |
| Cellular Internet Access | p. 529 |
| Mobility Management: Principles | p. 536 |
| Mobile IP | p. 546 |
| Managing Mobility in Cellular Networks | p. 551 |
| Wireless and Mobility: Impact on Higher-layer Protocols | p. 556 |
| Summary | p. 559 |
| Interview: Charlie Perkins | p. 563 |
| Multimedia Networking | p. 565 |
| Multimedia Networking Applications | p. 566 |
| Streaming Stored Audio and Video | p. 574 |
| Making the Best of the Best-Effort Service: An Internet Phone Example | p. 584 |
| Protocols for Real-Time Interactive Applications | p. 594 |
| Distributing Multimedia: Content Distribution Networks | p. 610 |
| Beyond Best Effort | p. 614 |
| Scheduling and Policing Mechanisms | p. 620 |
| Integrated Services and Differentiated Services | p. 628 |
| RSVP | p. 636 |
| Summary | p. 643 |
| Interview: Henning Schulzrinne | p. 651 |
| Security in Computer Networks | p. 653 |
| What Is Network Security? | p. 654 |
| Principles of Cryptography | p. 657 |
| Authentication | p. 670 |
| Integrity | p. 678 |
| Key Distribution and Certification | p. 684 |
| Access Control: Firewalls | p. 691 |
| Attacks and Countermeasures | p. 697 |
| Security in Many Layers: Case Studies | p. 702 |
| Summary | p. 721 |
| Interview: Steven M. Bellovin | p. 726 |
| Network Management | p. 729 |
| What Is Network Management? | p. 730 |
| The Infrastructure for Network Management | p. 734 |
| The Internet-Standard Management Framework | p. 738 |
| ASN.1 | p. 753 |
| Conclusion | p. 757 |
| Interview: Jeff Case | p. 761 |
| References | p. 763 |
| Index | p. 797 |
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James F. Kurose, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Keith W. Ross, Polytechnic University
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