Title:

Network Applications and Network Administration

Code:ISA
Ac.Year:2005/2006
Term:Winter
Study plans:
ProgramBranchYearDuty
IT-BC-3BIT3rdCompulsory
Language:Czech
Credits:5
Completion:accreditation+exam (written)
Type of
instruction:
Hour/semLecturesSem. ExercisesLab. exercisesComp. exercisesOther
Hours:2606020
 ExaminationTestsExercisesLaboratoriesOther
Points:65002015
Guarantee:Švéda Miroslav, prof. Ing., CSc., DIFS
Lecturer:Matoušek Petr, Ing., Ph.D., DIFS
Instructor:Čejka Rudolf, Ing., CC
Matoušek Petr, Ing., Ph.D., DIFS
Ryšavý Ondřej, Ing., Ph.D., DIFS
Trchalík Roman, Mgr., Ph.D., DIFS
Faculty:Faculty of Information Technology BUT
Department:Department of Information Systems FIT BUT
Prerequisites: 
Computer Communications and Networks (IPK), DIFS
Operating Systems (IOS), DITS
 
Learning objectives:
The goal of this course is to inform about network services and relevant protocols and to learn students how to administrate  network applications and computer networks. Practical part of the course deals with TCP/IP network programming using BSD sockets and laboratory assignments.
Description:
TCP/IP network programming. Addresses, address translation, configuration of DNS, DHCP and NAT. Mail services - email, news, administration of mail services. File services, directory services. Print services. LAN and WAN fundamentals. Network configuration and management. Traffic monitoring, network administration. Network security, secure application. Voice over IP, IP telephony. New trends in computer networking. Protocol IPv6 - theory and practice.
Knowledge and skills required for the course:
  • Basics of operating systems Unix and Windows.
  • C programming.
  • Reading and understanding texts written in technical English.
  • Computer network architecture (ISO/OSI, TCP/IP).
  • Overview of link layer protocols and network layer protocols.
  • Addressing - types of addresses, classes of IP addresses, broadcast, netmask, CIDR etc.
Learning outcomes and competences:
Students are able to configurate network connection. They have an overview of basic network services adn are able to administrate DNS, DHCP, mail services etc. They can program network applications using BSD sockets. They can read standards and use them to program application. They know standard tools for network administration and are able to use them.
Syllabus of lectures:
  1. Introduction. TCP/IP Overview, Addressing.
  2. TCP/IP Network Programming - Formal Description of Applications, Multicast, Non-blocking Sockets.
  3. Addresses - Types, Registrary, Management. DNS, DHCP and NAT.
  4. Email Services - Electronical Mail Architecture. E-mail Security. Mailing Lists, NetNews.
  5. Directory Services - X.500, LDAP, Active Directory. User Authentication Using Directory Services.
  6. File Systems NFS and AFS. Data Services FTP, TFTP, Samba. Print Service LPR.
  7. Voice Transmission - VoIP, IP Telephony.
  8. Planning LANs and WANs. Network Configuration and Management - SNMP, ICMP, RMON.
  9. Quality of Service, Traffic Management.
  10. Network  Security - Private Networks VPN, Certification, ACLs.
  11. Computer Networks - Case Studies.
  12. Protocol  IPv6  -  Format, Addressing, Routing. ICMPv6, DHCPv6.
  13. Trends in Networking. Summary of the Course.
Syllabus of laboratory exercises:
  1. Addressing - configuring DHCP, DNS and NAT.
  2. Secure Networking - SSH, stunnel, PGP. Building VPN. Testing secure connection.
  3. Routing - router configuration. WAN networking. Connection testing.
Syllabus - others, projects and individual work of students:
  1. Implementation of an application based on client/server architecture.
Fundamental literature:
  1. C. Hunt: TCP/IP Network Administration. O'Reilly Press, 2002.
  2. J.F. Kurose, K.W. Ross: Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach Featuring the Internet, Adison-Wesley, 2003.
  3. W.R. Stevens, B. Fenner, A.M. Rudoff: UNIX Network Programming. The Sockets Network API, Addison-Wesley, 2004.
  4. RFC
Study literature:
  1. Lecture notes in PDF.
Controlled instruction:
Projects realization, labs protocols.
Progress assessment:
Project submission (15 point), labs protocols (7+7+6 points).
Exam prerequisites:
Duty credit consists of getting at least 17 points of projects and laboratory assignments.