CS276
Distributed Computing and Computer Networks
Winter 1999 UCSB

CS 276 Class Schedule



CLASS SCHEDULE OUTLINE


# Date Lecture Topic Reading Due
1 Th. 1/7 Course Overview   
2
3
T-1/12
Th-1/14
IP Review
Socket Programming
Tannenbaum book
Stevens book
 
4
5
T-1/19
Th-1/21
HTTP
TCP Review
Ross/Kurose Book
 
 
Assign0
6
7
T-1/26
Th-1/28
TCP Issues
Cont'd
Papers in TCP Performance  
Assign1
8
9
T-2/2
Th-2/4
Internet Stability
BGP
Papers in Internet Performance Analysis  
10
11
T-2/9
Th-2/11
Cont'd
Midterm
   
12
13
T-2/16
Th-2/18
Multicast Routing
Cont'd
Papers in Multicast Communication/Protocols  
Assign2
14
15
T-2/23
Th-2/25
Mcast Tools Demo
OSPF and DNS

Handouts + Ross/Kurose Book 
 
16
17
T-3/2
Th-3/4
HTTP Perf

Active Networks
Touch, Heidemann, and Obraczka
Follow-up HTTP Perf (optional)
Tennenhouse, et. al Survey
 
18
19
T-3/9
Th-3/11
No Class
ATM vs IP, I2

Jain Overview Paper
Internet2 Paper
 
20
21
T-3/16,
Th-3/18
No Class
Security

Security Framework
Firewalls
 
Assign3
  T-3/23 Final Exam (12:00pm-3:00pm)    

Traci C. Wu
Thursday, February 25, 1999