Introduction to Networking
Course Code: IT08
►Course Objective
- To understand the implementation, design principles and goals of a Computer Network and touches upon the various routing algorithms used in CN (such as link-state and distance vector).
►Target Audience
- Security personnel who are currently tasked with assessing the technical risks of cloud computing
- Network and systems administrators who currently manage private clouds or need to leverage hybrid and/or public cloud services
- Technical auditors and consultants who need to gain a deeper understanding of cloud computing and security concerns
- Security and IT managers who need to understand the risks of cloud computing and advise business management of the risks and various approaches involved
►Course Outline
Day 1
Introduction
- Computer Networking Overview
- What This Class is Not About
Day2
Architecture & Principles
- A Brief History of the Internet
- Architectural Design Principles
- Packet Switching
- File Transfer
- End to End Argument Violations
Day 3
Switching
- Switching and Bridging
- Bootstrapping: Networking Two Hosts
- ARP: Address Resolution Protocol
- Interconnecting LANs with Hubs
- Switches: Traffic Isolation
- Spanning Tree
- Switches vs. Routers
Day 4
Routing
- Internet Routing
- Intra-AS Topology
- Distance-Vector Routing
- Link State Routing
- Interdomain Routing
- IGP vs. iBGP
- BGP Route Selection
- Multiple Exit Discriminator (MEI)
- Interdomain Routing Business Models
Day 5
Naming, Addressing & Forwarding
- IP Addressing
- Pre-1994: “Classful” Addressing
- IP Address Allocation
- Classless Interdomain Routing (CIDR)
- Multihoming Frustrates Aggregation
- Address Lookup Using Tries
- Memory Efficiency and Fast Lookup
- Alternatives to LPM with Tries
- NAT and IPv6
- Network Address Translation (NAT)
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