CS 7270
Networked Applications and Services
Spring 2000
ChemEng 457
TuTh 12:05-1:25
Description
This course builds on the material covered in CS 6250 (Computer
Networks), to provide depth in the upper layer(s) of the protocol
stack. The course covers a selection of network applications and
services that may vary from one offering to the next. In Spring 2000,
the set of topics will include server selection, caching, network monitoring,
security services and active services. The course material will
come primarily from research papers. The course will include a significant
project component that will typically require sockets programming.
- Instructor
- Ellen Zegura
- Main office: 216 GCATT (250 14th Street), 404-894-1403
- Shared CoC office: 244 CCB
- Office hours: Immediately after class in 244 CCB (or by appointment)
- ewz@cc.gatech.edu
- Teaching Assistant
- Paul Judge
- Office hours: TBD
- judge@cc.gatech.edu
- Newsgroup
- news:git.cc.class.cs7270
- The newsgroup will be used to post class announcements, answer
common questions, make corrections to assignments (if needed),
and perhaps to conduct further discussions about class material.
You should read the newsgroup with some regularity.
Required Background
Students are expected to have had CS 6250 or equivalent (e.g.,
CS 6380 under the quarter system). In particular,
I will assume that you have a solid grasp of the topics listed
below. If you do not have this background, you will find CS 7270
very difficult, and I encourage you to reconsider taking this
course until you have this background.
Required background topics:
- Basics of TCP, UDP, IP (including routing)
- Client/server paradigm
- C programming
- Sockets programming
Resources
- Course Material
- This is a paper course. The list of papers can be
found here. The expected date
for coverage of each paper is included on the reading list.
You are expected to read the paper before it is
covered in class. Over the semester, you are required to
turn in a short review of three of the papers on
the reading list, prior to the class in which we discuss the
papers. These reviews will be graded and included in the
homework part of your overall grade. More details on the
required content of the reviews can be found on the reading
list page.
- Sockets Information
- We will not be covering sockets programming in class, though
feel free to post questions about the sockets interface to the
news group. If you are unfamiliar with sockets programming, the
following on-line tutorials will get you started.
- RPI
Sockets Tutorial (strongly recommended)
- Jim
Frost's BSD Sockets Primer (recommended; sockets by analogy to telephones)
- Berkeley
UNIX System Calls and Interprocess Communication, L. Besaw, with revisions
by M. Solomon (recommended)
- UNIX Socket FAQ
Grading and Academic Honesty
Your grade will be determined by your performance on homework assignments
(including short reviews of papers on the reading list), participation
in class, a major project and the midterm exam. As part of the
project, your team will be required to make a presentation in
class. The tentative weights are as follows:
- Class participation - 5%
- Homework - 20%
- Midterm exam - 25%
- Project - 50%
Students are expected to abide by the Georgia Tech Honor Code. Honest
and ethical behavior is expected at all times. All incidents of
suspected dishonesty will be reported to and handled by the office of
student affairs.
You are to do all assignments yourself, unless explicitly told
otherwise. You may discuss the assignments with your classmates, but
you may not copy any solution (or part of a solution) from a
classmate.
Syllabus
The tentative order of topics is listed below. Please see
the reading list for the specific papers you are responsible
for on each day of class. Note that the schedule is subject
to change.
- Introduction to the course
- DNS: An example network service
- Server selection and anycasting (2 weeks)
- Application-layer routing (1 week)
- Caching (1.5 weeks)
- Network monitoring (1.5 weeks)
- Active services (2 weeks)
- Security services (2 weeks)
- Distributed interactive simulation (2 weeks)
- Project presentations (2 weeks)