Comp 343 materials - Fall 1999

Course groundrules

COMP 343/443 notes file, a syllabus that isn't too far off but which does need work.

The final exam study guide is here. The answers are here, finally!

The sample midterm is still available too, with answers. Some of this, particularly the chapter 5 material, would be good to review for the final.

The following files are for the tftp program in java: SimplCon.java, which is an outline of the tftp program itself, and tftpPacket.java, which contains the tftpPacket class. This latter file you shouldn't need to modify at all.

Some Ethernet sources of information.

• my ethernet notes, (under construction!)
• Charles Spurgeon's Ethernet Page, University of Texas.
• Dan Kegel's Fast Ethernet Page.

Some selected links to networking info

• The mother lode: the RFC collection.
• If that doesn't work, try here
• Peterson&Davie text home page

The following paper has useful information about TCP/IP security: Security Problems in the TCP/IP Protocol Suite by Steve Bellovin.