Network Programming

Description

This course teaches the methods and tools used for network programming. Topics include: Operating System support for network protocols; inter-process communication facilities such as pipes, Remote Procedure Calls (RPC) and sockets; design of client and server sides of network protocols; and network security.

General Class Information

Professor

Mike Parsa, Email: parsa@ucsc.edu
Office: E2 Room 339B
Office Hours: Monday 6:00 – 6:45 pm

Teaching Assistant

Kerry Veenstra, Email: veenstra@soe.ucsc.edu
Office Hours: during lab sessions

Class Meeting Times

Lecture: Monday, Wednesday 7:00 – 8:45 pm, Social Sciences 2, Room 159
Lab: Monday 2–4 and Wednesday 8–10, BE 301A

Other Dates

Begins: January 5
Midterm: February 9
Holidays: January 19 and February 16
Ends: March 16

Prerequsites

Books

Unix Network Programming, Volume 1, The Sockets Networking API, 3rd ed.
By W. Richard Stevens, Bill Fenner, and M. Rudoff
ISBN-10: 0131411551, ISBN-13: 9780131411555
© 2004 Addison-Wesley Professional
Published November 14, 2003

It is worth the investment to have a personal copy of this book. You will use it for years!

The book's web site has a link to let you download all of its source code examples.

Evaluation Criteria

Programming Assignments	40%
Midterm	20%
Final Project	30%
Class Participation and Attendance	10%

Academic Integrity

All programs submitted must be your own. Any unauthorized collaboration will be treated as a violation of academic integrity and handled according to University policies (see Student Guide to Academic Integrity for details).

Topics by Week

Week 1: (1/5 – 1/7) Introduction and Review, Transport Layer (TCP and UDP), Sockets.

Weeks 2 and 3: (1/12, 1/14, 1/21) Operating System support for network protocols (process management, memory management, mutual exclusion). Inter-process communication mechanisms: sockets, forks.

Week 4: UDP sockets, SCTP.

Week 5: DNS, HTTP.

Week 6: Design of client and server sides of network applications.

Week 6: Case study: Apache Web Server

Week 7: Multicast and broadcast

Weeks 8–10: Final project