Department of Computing & Information Technology

CREDITS: 3

1. Introduction: Background and history of network and the Internet; Network architectures; Networks and protocols; Client/server and peer-to-peer paradigms; Mobile and wireless computing.

2. Network Communication: Network standards and standardization bodies; The ISO 7-layer reference model in general and its instantiation in TCP/IP; Overview of physical and data link layer concepts (framing, error control, flow control, and protocols); Data link layer access control concepts; Internetworking and routing (routing algorithms, internetworking, and congestion control); Transport layer services (connection establishment, performance issues, flow and error control); Web protocols with particular emphasis on HTTP.

3. Distributed Computing.

4. Network Security: Fundamentals of cryptography (Secret-key algorithms, Public-key algorithms); Authentication protocols, Network attack types, e.g., denial of service, flooding, sniffing, and traffic redirection; Basic network defence tools and strategies (Intrusion detection, Firewalls, Detection of malware, Kerberos, IPSec, Virtual Private Networks, Network Address Translation).

5. Web Technologies: Basic server-side programs (php, MySQL), Basic client-side scripts (XHTML, XML, JavaScript, CSS), Nature of the client-server relationship, Support tools for Web site creation and Web management. 

 

ASSESSMENT

Coursework	50%
Final Examination (2 Hours)	50%