Your task in this assignment is to investigate one only of the following topics in computer network architecture, and submit a report on your findings. Note that all of the topics are about, or related to, application-level protocols in the Internet. Each of the topics has a "theory" section, where you have to look up the information somewhere (presumably on the Web, or in an RFC), and a "practical" section where you have to demonstrate how the particular system under discussion actually operates in practice. You must complete both sections to gain a high mark.
Note also that additional topics might appear on this page as they are suggested to me. It could be worth checking back regularly if you don't like any of those given below.
squid
. Find out about this software, and
discuss briefly how it can be used to implement distributed
caching.
Network News Transfer
Protocol
(NNTP) in the usenet
news system. NNTP is the basis of usenet and has many
interesting features.
news.latrobe.edu.au
is available.
Most NNTP servers support a "HELP" command so you can easily
discover what features they offer. Use the protocol to learn
what newsgroups are carried on the news server, to obtain a
list of article headers, and to deliver an article. If you're
really keen, try using the protocol to post an article to one
of the "test" newsgroups (eg, latrobe.test).
students.latrobe.edu.au
. Exercise some of
the protocol features mentioned in the "theory" section.
text/html
sent to
cnsubmit@ironbark.bendigo.latrobe.edu.au
, as for the first
assignment. Your choice of submission format will not affect the mark
gained for your assignment. Submissions must, as usual, adhere to the
requirements of the La Trobe University, Bendigo Assignment Guide.This assignment carries 15% of your mark for Computer Networks.
Due Date:11th May, 2001
Lecturer: Phil Scott, 5444 7277, p.scott@latrobe.edu.au.