Networking essentials. A student's guide
Detalii
Description
Cartea se distinge printr-o organizare clară și bine structurată, care cuprinde atât principiile fundamentale ale rețelelor de comunicații, cât și subiecte avansate, cum ar fi protocoalele de comunicații, rutarea pachetelor și securitatea rețelelor. Autorul integrează eficient expunerea teoretică cu exemple practice, oferind astfel studenților un ghid cuprinzător și accesibil pentru studiul arhitecturilor de rețele moderne. Capitolul dedicat securității este deosebit de remarcabil, deoarece subliniază provocările contemporane și soluțiile tehnologice utilizate în protejarea comunicațiilor. Această lucrare constituie o resursă indispensabilă pentru cei care doresc să stabilească o bază solidă în domeniul rețelelor și să rămână pregătiți pentru evoluțiile viitoare ale tehnologiilor de comunicații.
CUPRINS
Preface
- Introduction to Networking
- Communication Networks and Their Evolution
- Network Components and Devices
- Networks Classification
- Physical Topologies
- Network Protocols
- Reference Models
- The OSI model
- The TCP/IP reference model
- Data Encapsulation and Decapsulation in the OSI Model
- Standards Organizations in Communication Technologies
- Internetworking: Concepts and Components
- Current Trends and Future Directions in Internetworking and Communication Technologies
- Ethernet Networks. Virtual Local Area Networks
- Ethernet: A Foundational LAN Technology
- Evolution of Ethernet Standards
- Ethernet Network Elements, Topologies, and Structural Configurations
- Ethernet Frame Structure and Standards
- Ethernet Frame Transmission and Reception: MAC Operations and Access Control
- Ethernet Network Devices
- Virtual LANs: Concept and Implementation
- Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
- IP Protocol
- Internet Protocol (IP): Core Functions and Characteristics
- Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4)
- The IP Header
- IPv4 Addressing Scheme
- Classful Addressing in IPv4
- Subnetting
- Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
- The Bootstrap Protocol (BOOTP)
- Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
- Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)
- Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6)
- IPv6 Deployment and Trends
- IPv6 Packet Structure
- IPv6 Addressing
- IPv6 Subnetting
- Protocols Changed to Support IPv6
- Transition From IPv4 to IPv6
- Transport Layer Protocols
- Understanding the Transport layer
- Transport Control Protocol (TCP)
- The TCP Header
- Establishing a TCP connection—The Three-Way handshake
- TCP Flow Control
- Congestion Control Algorithms
- User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
- The UDP Header
- Characteristics and Advantages of UDP
- Port Number Utilization in UDP
- Application Layer Protocols
- Understanding Application Layer
- Application Protocols
- Telnet Protocol
- Secure Shell (SSH)
- File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
- Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
- Post Office Protocol (POP3)
- Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP)
- The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
- Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS)
- Domain Name System (DNS)
- Network Routing
- Network Routing and Routers
- Addressing and Routing in Communication Networks
- Routing and Performance Metrics
- Working Principle of Routing
- Types of Routing
- Essential Properties of a Routing Algorithm
- Routing in Internetworks
- Routing Information Protocol (RIP)
- Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
- Intermediate System to Intermediate System (IS-IS)
- Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (IGRP)
- Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP)
- Exterior Gateway Protocols
- Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
- Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS)
- Network Security
- Network Security and Secure Communication
- Network Attacks and Security Threat Classifications
- Passive Network Attacks
- Active Network Attacks
- Classifying Specific Types of Attacks
- Security Planning and Network Protection Strategies
- Encryption, Digital Signatures, and Certification Authorities
- Symmetric Key Encryption
- Asymmetric Encryption and Public Key Algorithms
- Digital Signatures, Message Digests, and Certificate Infrastructure
- Internet Protocol Security (IPsec)
- Firewalls: Network Defense Mechanisms and Architectural Variants
- Virtual Private Networks (VPNs): Architecture, Protocols, and Use Cases
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