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EN.601.414/614: Computer Networks

Logistics

  • Instructor: Xin Jin
  • Teaching assistant: Hang Zhu
  • Course assistants: Venkata Aditya Bollapragada, Mengying Hu, Zhiyuan Li, Antara Sargam, Siddharth Syal
  • Lecture time: Tuesday and Thursday, 12:00-1:15pm
  • Location: Shaffer 301
  • Credits: 3 credits
  • Course discussion: piazza
  • Homework submission: Gradescope, join the course with entry code M6PWYP
  • Office hours
    • Tuesday 1:15pm-2:30pm, Malone 233, Xin Jin
    • Friday 2pm-3pm, Malone 235, Hang Zhu

Course Description

Topics covered will include 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. Grading will be based on hands-on programming assignments, homeworks and two exams.

Prerequisites

EN.601.220 and EN.601.229 or permission. Students can only receive credits for one of 601.414/614.

Announcements

Course Syllabus

Date Topics Readings Notes
Tue 01/30 Introduction
Thu 02/01 Basic 1.1, 1.3
Tue 02/06
Thu 02/08
Tue 02/13
Thu 02/15
Tue 02/20
Thu 02/22
Tue 02/27
Thu 03/01
Tue 03/06
Thu 03/08
Tue 03/13
Thu 03/15 Midterm Exam
Tue 03/20 Spring Break
Thu 03/22 Spring Break
Tue 03/27
Thu 03/29
Tue 04/03
Thu 04/05
Tue 04/10
Thu 04/12
Tue 04/17
Thu 04/19
Tue 04/24
Thu 04/26
Tue 05/01
Thu 05/03

Textbook

Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach (7th edition), by Jim Kurose and Keith Ross. Earlier editions are fine.

Programming Assignments

Policies

Academic Integrity Policy

This course strictly enforces the university and department policies on academic integrity. The details can be found on the department website.

Late Policy

  • Grace period: 96 hours for the entire semester.
  • After the grace period, 25% off for each 24 hours late, rounded up.

Grading

  • Class participation: 5%
  • Programming assignments: 40%
  • Midterm exam: 25%
  • Final exam: 30%