Here is the list of sections from the textbook that I plan to cover over this semester.

Please note that:

• I do not cover the sections in order.
• I may remove some sections later if time is an issue.

• Chapter 1
  • 1.1 What is the Internet?
  • 1.2 The Network Edge
  • 1.3 The Network Core
  • 1.4 Delay, Loss, and Throughout (exclude 1.4.2).
  • 1.5 Protocol Layers and Their Service Models
  • 1.6 Networks Under Attack
• Chapter 2
  • 2.1 Principles of Network Applications
  • 2.2 The Web and HTTP
  • 2.5 DNS — The Internet’s Directory Service
• Chapter 3 of KR
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Multiplexing and Demultiplexing
  • 3.3 Connectionless Transport: UDP
  • 3.4 Principles of Reliable Data Transfer
  • 3.5 Connection-oriented Transport: TCP (exclude 3.5.3)
• Chapter 4 of KR.
  
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.4 The Internet Protocol (IP) (exclude 4.4.4, 4.4.5)
  • 4.5 Routing Algorithms
  • 4.6.1 Intra-AS Routing in the Internet: RIP
• Chapter 5
  • 5.1 Link Layer: Introduction and Services
  • 5.2 Error Detection and Correction Techniques
  • 5.3 Multiple Access Protocols (but skip efficiency analysis)
  • 5.4 Switched Local Area Networks (exclude 5.4.4)
  • 5.7 A Day in the Life of a Web Page Request
• Chapter 6
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.3.1 The 802.11 Architecture
  • 6.3.2 The 802.11 MAC Protocol
• Chapter 8
  • 8.1 What is Network Security?
  • 8.2 Principles of Cryptography (exclude 8.2.1)
  • 8.2.2 Public Key Encryption (exclude RSA and subsequent paragraphs)
  • 8.3 Message Integrity and Digital Signatures
  • 8.4 End-Point Authentication
  • 8.6 Securing TPC Connections: SSL (exclude 8.6.2)
  • 8.7 Network-Layer Security: IPsec and VPN (exclude 8.7.5)
  • 8.9 Firewalls and Intrusion Detection Systems