This course focuses on advanced networking
principles that include design, setup, operations, and maintenance networks for
an organization. This course will use
WIRESHARK Analysis tool for troubleshooting and resolving issues on topics such
as application layer protocols (e.g. HTTP, FTP, SMTP), transport layer
protocols (UDP, TCP), network layer protocols (e.g. IP, ICMP), link layer
protocols (e.g. Ethernet) and wireless protocols (e.g. IEEE 802.11). The course
will also cover routing protocols such as link state and distance vector,
multicast routing, and path vector protocols (e.g. BGP). The class will examine
security issues such as firewalls and denial of service attacks. We will also
study DNS, NAT, Web caching and CDNs, peer to peer, and protocol tunneling. Finally,
we will explore security protocols (e.g. TLS, SSH, IPsec), as well as some
basic cryptography necessary to understand these.
- Teacher: Jim Hollis