The Exam Plan

Question 1: Basic Application Protocols

Covers material in

• Lecture 3 (Introduction to Internet Applications, Telnet),
• Lecture 4 (Electronic Mail: formats and protocols),
• Lecture 8 (Socket Programming Interface) and
• Lecture 9 (Domain Name System, DNS).

 

Question 2: HTTP and Related Technologies

Covers material in

• Lecture 5 (HTML and HTTP Basics),
• Lecture 6 (HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) in detail),
• Lecture 7 (HTTP/1.1 Introduction),
• Lecture 19 (Web Commerce) and (maybe...)
• Lecture 24 (Data Formats and Encoding -- A Philosophy Lecture).

 

Question 3: Network and Transport Protocols

Covers material in

• Lecture 10 (Reliable Transport -- TCP),
• Lecture 11 (IP Addressing) and
• Lecture 12 (IP and Internetworks).

 

Question 4: Network Technologies

Covers material in

• Lecture 13 (Multiaccess Networks),
• Lecture 14 (Point-to-Point Data Links) and
• Lecture 15 (Internet Topology and Structure).

 

Question 5: Security

Covers material in

• Lecture 16 (Introduction to Encryption: Single Key Systems),
• Lecture 17 (Public Key Encryption),
• Lecture 18 (Practical Encryption) and
• Lecture 20 (Network Security).

 

Question 6: Network Management

Covers material in

• Lecture 21 (Network Management #1),
• Lecture 22 (Network Management #2) and
• Lecture 23 (Network Management #3).