The subject material is presented in a sequence of 25 lectures[1], arranged as two lectures per week. Note
that the content of the current Bendigo Web-based lecture notes can
change -- particularly in the days (and hours) before the lecture
is presented. Topics expected to be covered in 2005 include:
Overview of computer networks: layered models, functional
description of the layers. The role of de jure and de facto
standards.
Internet application protocols: telnet, HTTP, SMTP, etc.
Overview of the Internet transport service, TCP.
Technical aspects of the Internet: IP, routers, DNS.
Overview of network technologies.
Commercial telecommunications services and charging
models.
Introduction to encryption technologies and their
application.
Introduction to network security issues and firewalls.
Network management, including SNMP and introduction to ASN.1.
Network management software tools.
[1] At Bendigo in
2005 the lectures will be presented in a two-hour block on Monday
evening at 5pm. The 25 lecture sequence includes an intial
introductory meeting, and a revision lecture. However, this
semester we will lose one Monday evening class due to the Anzac Day public
holiday. This means that there will be no classes in this subject
in the week beginning 25th April, and we will probably have an
extended class on the last Monday evening of semester, on the 30th
of May.