ITC8060
Network Protocol Design (ITC8061, 6 ECTS)
This module focuses on fundamental problems of network protocols and various design decisions and it's implications. This will also include security related protocols and give a better understanding why it is sometimes so hard to secure the Internet. As an exercise we will develop and implement our own protocol.
This module requires some programming skills (or a LOT of motivation to spend a LOT of time on learning algorithms and programming languages on top of the network-protocol related challenges). See also here for more detailed information.
The lectures and seminar discussions will be Monday's, 10.00-11.30 in room is ICT-A1. The is optional additional time on Monday's from 12.00-13.30 for coding and time to work on the implementation and assignments in ICT-401.
Lectures:
28 Jan Introduction
04 Feb Layers, naming and addressing
11 Feb Routing Theory I (Bellman-Ford)
18 Feb NO LECTURE
25 Feb Routing Theory II (Dijkstra)
04 Mar TCP, congestion control and reliability
11 Mar Application layer protocols (DNS, FTP, SSH, SMTP, POP/IMAP, HTTP, SIP,...)
18 Mar Security & PGP
Protocol Design & Development:
25 Mar Design Workshop I
01 Apr Presentation about Design Specs
08 Apr AD-review / final protocol specs
Implementation:
15 Apr Implementation week 1
22 Apr Implementation week 2
29 Apr Testing with other groups (Note: your code MUST be ready on 29 Apr!)
Testing:
06 May Security testing and abuse/misuse.
13 May Demonstration / "Exam" (demonstrate your code and submit for marking)
Reading recommendations:
- Kurose, Ross, “Computer networking: a top-down approach". Pearson.
- John Day, “Patterns in network architecture: a return to fundamentals”. Prentice Hall.
- Olivier Bonaventure. “Computer Networking: Principles, Protocols, and Practice” http://inl.info.ucl.ac.be/cnp3
Lecture Slides:
Introduction and Layers (04 Feb).
Routing Theory (11 Feb+25 Feb).