Understanding Tcp/ip: A Clear And Comprehensive Guide

Table of Contents

• Preface

 

• Chapter 1: Introduction to Network Protocols
  • 1.1 ISO OSI
    • 1.1.1 Physical Layer
    • 1.1.2 Data Link Layer
    • 1.1.3 Network Layer
    • 1.1.4 Transport Layer
    • 1.1.5 Session Layer
    • 1.1.6 Presentation Layer
    • 1.1.7 Application Layer
  • 1.2 TCP/IP
    • 1.2.1 Internet Protocol
    • 1.2.2 TCP and UDP
    • 1.2.3 Application Protocols
  • 1.3 Methods of Information Transmission
    • 1.3.1 Synchronous Transmission
    • 1.3.2 Packet Transmission
    • 1.3.3 Asynchronous Transmission
  • 1.4 Virtual Circuit

 

• Chapter 2: Network Monitoring Tools
  • 2.1 Packet Drivers
  • 2.2 MS Network Monitor
    • 2.2.1 Frame Capturing
    • 2.2.2 Viewing Captured Frames
    • 2.2.3 Filters for Displaying Captured Frames
  • 2.3 Ethereal
  • 2.4 Homework

 

• Chapter 3: Physical Layer
  • 3.1 Serial Line
    • 3.1.1 Serial and Parallel Data Transport
    • 3.1.2 Symmetrical and Asymmetrical Signals
    • 3.1.3 Synchronous and Asynchronous Transport
    • 3.1.4 V.24, V.35, and X.21 Protocols
    • 3.1.5 Null Modem
  • 3.2 Modems
    • 3.2.1 Dial-Up Connection
    • 3.2.2 Leased Lines
    • 3.2.3 Automatic Modem
      • 3.2.3.1 AT Commands
    • 3.2.4 Synchronous Transmission
    • 3.2.5 Baseband, Voice Band, and ADSL
    • 3.2.6 Transmission Rate
      • 3.2.6.1 The V.90 Recommendation
    • 3.2.7 Data Compression
    • 3.2.8 Error Detection
  • 3.3 Digital Circuits
    • 3.3.1 ISDN
      • 3.3.1.1 Basic Rate
      • 3.3.1.2 Higher Layer Protocols and Signalization
    • 3.3.2 E and T Lines
  • 3.4 LAN
    • 3.4.1 Structured Cables
      • 3.4.1.1 Copper Distribution
      • 3.4.1.2 Optical Fibers
    • 3.4.2 Ethernet (10 Mbps)
      • 3.4.2.1 AUI
      • 3.4.2.2 BNC
      • 3.4.2.3 Twisted-Pair
    • 3.4.3 Fast Ethernet (100 Mbps)
    • 3.4.4 Gigabyte Ethernet (1 Gbps)

 

• Chapter 4: Link Layer
  • 4.1 Serial Line Internet Protocol
  • 4.2 Compressed SLIP
  • 4.3 High-Level Data Link Control Protocol
    • 4.3.1 Flag
    • 4.3.2 Address Field
    • 4.3.3 Control Field
      • 4.3.3.1 I-Frame
      • 4.3.3.2 S-Frame
      • 4.3.3.3 U-Frame
    • 4.3.4 Data Field and a Transferred Protocol Type
    • 4.3.5 Checksum
    • 4.3.6 HDLC Protocol Summary
  • 4.4 Point-To-Point Protocol
    • 4.4.1 Dialing a Phone Line
    • 4.4.2 Link Control Protocol
    • 4.4.3 Authentication
      • 4.4.3.1 Password Authentication Protocol
      • 4.4.3.2 Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocols
      • 4.4.3.3 Extensible Authentication Protocol
      • 4.4.3.4 Radius Protocol
    • 4.4.4 Call-Back Control Protocol
    • 4.4.5 Other Protocols
      • 4.4.5.1 Multilink Protocol
      • 4.4.5.2 Bandwidth Allocation Protocol and Bandwidth Allocation Control Protocol
      • 4.4.5.3 Compression Control Protocol
      • 4.4.5.4 Encryption Control Protocol
      • 4.4.5.5 Setting Encryption Keys
    • 4.4.6 Internet Protocol Control Protocol
  • 4.5 Frame Relay
    • 4.5.1 A Frame Relay Protocol Frame
    • 4.5.2 IP Through Frame Relay
    • 4.5.3 Local Management Interface
    • 4.5.4 Frame Relay Configuration on CISCO Routers
    • 4.5.5 Frame Relay Protocol
  • 4.6 Local Area Networks
    • 4.6.1 Ethernet
  • 4.7 Wireless Local Area Network
    • 4.7.1 Typical WLAN Configuration
      • 4.7.1.1 Peer-To-Peer Networks
      • 4.7.1.2 Access Point
      • 4.7.1.3 Roaming (Several Access Points)
      • 4.7.1.4 Backbone Point-to-Point Connection
    • 4.7.2 Antennas
    • 4.7.3 Security of WLAN
      • 4.7.3.1 Service Set ID
      • 4.7.3.2 Wired Equivalent Privacy
      • 4.7.3.3 IEEE 802.1X
  • 4.8 Fixed Wireless Access
    • 4.8.1 The Differences Between FWA and WLAN
    • 4.8.2 The Main Benefits of FWA

 

• Chapter 5: Internet Protocol
  • 5.1 IP Datagram
  • 5.2. Internet Control Message Protocol
    • 5.2.1 Echo
    • 5.2.2 Destination Unreachable
    • 5.2.3 Source Quench (Lower Sending Speed)
    • 5.2.4 Redirect
    • 5.2.5 ICMP Router Discovery
    • 5.2.6 Time Exceeded
    • 5.2.7 Subnet Address Mask Request
    • 5.2.8 Time Synchronization
  • 5.3 Fragmentation
  • 5.4 Optional Entries in the IP Header
    • 5.4.1 Record Route
    • 5.4.2 Timestamp
    • 5.4.3 Source Routing
    • 5.4.4 IP Router Alert Option
  • 5.5 ARP and RARP Protocols
    • 5.5.1 ARP Filtering
    • 5.5.2 Proxy ARP
    • 5.5.3 Reverse ARP
  • 5.6 Internet Group Management Protocol
  • 5.7 Multicast and Link Protocol

 

• Chapter 6: IP Address
  • 6.1 Network: First Period of History
    • 6.1.1 Special-Use IP Addresses
    • 6.1.2 Network Mask
  • 6.2 Network: Second Period of History
    • 6.2.1 Subnetworks
    • 6.2.2 Super-Networks and Autonomous Systems
  • 6.3 IP Addresses in the Intranet and Special-Use IP Addresses
  • 6.4 Unnumbered Interface
    • 6.4.1 Dynamic Address Assignment
  • 6.5 Address Plan
  • 6.6 Over 254 Interfaces in a LAN

 

• Chapter 7: Routing
  • 7.1 Forwarding and Screening
  • 7.2 Routing
    • 7.2.1 Processing
  • 7.3 Handling Routing Tables
    • 7.3.1 List of Contents of a Routing Table in a Command Prompt
      • 7.3.1.1 Contents of a Routing Table in UNIX
    • 7.3.2 Routing Table Listing in Windows 2000/XP/2003
    • 7.3.3 Contents of a Routing Table in Cisco Routers
    • 7.3.4 Routing Table Entry Addition and Removal
  • 7.4 Routing Protocols
    • 7.4.1 Routing Vector Protocols
      • 7.4.1.1 RVP Principle
      • 7.4.1.2 RIP and RIP2
    • 7.4.2 Link State Protocols
      • 7.4.2.1 OSPF
    • 7.4.3 IPG and EGP
    • 7.4.4 Aggregation
    • 7.4.5 Redistribution
  • 7.5 Neutral Exchange Point

 

• Chapter 8: IP Version 6
  • 8.1 Next Headers of IP Version 6 Datagram
    • 8.1.1 Hop-By-Hop Options
    • 8.1.2 Routing Header
    • 8.1.3 Fragment Header
    • 8.1.4 Authentication Header
    • 8.1.5 Encapsulating Security Payload Header
  • 8.2 ICMP Version 6 Protocol
    • 8.2.1 Address Resolution
    • 8.2.2 Router Discovery
    • 8.2.3 Redirect
  • 8.3. IP Addresses
    • 8.3.1 Types of Address Inscription
    • 8.3.2 Multicasts
    • 8.3.3 Unicasts
  • 8.4 Windows 2003

 

• Chapter 9: Transmission Control Protocol
  • 9.1 TCP Segments
  • 9.2 TCP Header Options
  • 9.3 Establishing and Terminating a Connection with TCP
    • 9.3.1 Establishing a Connection
    • 9.3.2 Terminating a Connection
    • 9.3.3 Aborting a Connection
  • 9.4 Determining the Connection State
  • 9.5 Response Delay Techniques
  • 9.6 Window Technique
  • 9.7 Network Congestion
    • 9.7.1 Slow Start
    • 9.7.2 Congestion Avoidance
    • 9.7.3 Segment Loss
  • 9.8 The Window Scale Factor

 

• Chapter 10: User Datagram Protocol
  • 10.1 Fragmentation
  • 10.2 Broadcasts and Multicasts

 

• Chapter 11: Domain Name System
  • 11.1 Domains and Subdomains
  • 11.2 Name Syntax
  • 11.3 Reverse Domains
  • 11.4 Resource Records
  • 11.5 DNS Protocol
  • 11.6 DNS Query
    • 11.6.1 DNS Query Packet Format
    • 11.6.2 DNS Query Packet Header
    • 11.6.3 Question Section
    • 11.6.4 The Answer Section, Authoritative Servers, and Additional Information

 

• Chapter 12: Telnet
  • 12.1 The NVT Protocol
  • 12.2 Telnet Protocol Commands
    • 12.2.1 Signal for Synchronization
    • 12.2.2 The Telnet Command Line
    • 12.2.3 Communication Modes
  • 12.3 Example of Windows NT Client Communication
  • 12.4 Example of UNIX Client Communication

 

• Chapter 13: File Transfer Protocol
  • 13.1 Architecture
  • 13.2 Active Mode of FTP Protocol Communication
  • 13.3 Passive Mode of FTP Protocol Communication
  • 13.4 FTP Commands
  • 13.5 Proxy
  • 13.6 Return Codes
  • 13.7 Abnormal Termination of Data Transfer
  • 13.8 Anonymous FTP

 

• Chapter 14: Hypertext Transfer Protocol
  • 14.1 Client-Server
  • 14.2 Proxy
  • 14.3 Gateway
  • 14.4 Tunnel
  • 14.5 More Intermediate Nodes
  • 14.6 Uniform Resource Identifier
    • 14.6.1 The http Scheme
    • 14.6.2 The ftp Scheme
    • 14.6.3 The mailto Scheme
    • 14.6.4 The nntp Scheme
    • 14.6.5 The telnet Scheme
    • 14.6.6 The file Scheme
    • 14.6.7 The pop Scheme
  • 14.7 Relative URI
  • 14.8 The HTTP Request
    • 14.8.1 The GET Method
    • 14.8.2 The POST Method
    • 14.8.3 The HEAD Method
    • 14.8.4 The TRACE Method
    • 14.8.5 The OPTIONS Method
  • 14.9 The HTTP Response
    • 14.9.1 An Overview of Result Codes
  • 14.10 Other Header Fields
    • 14.10.1 Accept Header Field
    • 14.10.2 Client Authentication
    • 14.10.3 Proxy Authentication
    • 14.10.4 Content Header Field
    • 14.10.5 Redirection and Temporary Unavailability of Objects
    • 14.10.6 Cache
    • 14.10.7 Software Information
  • 14.11 Cookie
    • 14.11.1 Set-Cookie and Set-Cookie2 Header Fields
      • 14.11.1.1 Cookie Header Field

 

• Chapter 15: Email
  • 15.1 Email Architecture
    • 15.1.1 DNS and Email
  • 15.2 Mail Message Format
    • 15.2.1 Basic Header Fields
  • 15.3 MIME
    • 15.3.1 MIME Header Fields
      • 15.3.1.1 MIME-Version
      • 15.3.1.2 Content-Type
      • 15.3.1.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding
      • 15.3.1.4 Content-Disposition
    • 15.3.2 Standard Encoding Mechanisms
      • 15.3.2.1 Quoted-Printable
      • 15.3.2.2 Base64
    • 15.3.3 Non-ASCII Text in Message Header Fields
    • 15.3.4 Discrete Media Types in Content-Type
      • 15.3.4.1 text
      • 15.3.4.2 application
      • 15.3.4.3 image
      • 15.3.4.4 audio
      • 15.3.4.5 video
      • 15.3.4.6 model
    • 15.3.5 Composite Media Types in Content-Type
      • 15.3.5.1 multipart
      • 15.3.5.2 message
  • 15.4 SMTP
  • 15.5 ESMTP
    • 15.5.1 Message Delivery Receipt
      • 15.5.1.1 Delivery Status Notification
      • 15.5.1.2 The Disposition-Notification-To Header Field
  • 15.6 POP3
  • 15.7 IMAP4
    • 15.7.1 Unauthenticated State
      • 15.7.1.1 LOGIN
      • 15.7.1.2 AUTHENTICATE
    • 15.7.2 Authenticated State
      • 15.7.2.1 CREATE, DELETE, RENAME, and LIST Commands
      • 15.7.2.2 SUBSRCIBE, LSUB, and UNSUBSCRIBE Commands
      • 15.7.2.3 STATUS
      • 15.7.2.4 SELECT and EXAMINE Commands
    • 15.7.3 Open Mailbox
      • 15.7.3.1 COPY
      • 15.7.3.2 SEARCH
      • 15.7.3.3 FETCH
      • 15.7.3.4 STORE
      • 15.7.3.5 EXPUNGE
      • 15.7.3.6 CLOSE
  • 15.8 Mailing Lists

 

• Chapter 16: Forums
  • 16.1 Message Format
  • 16.2 NNTP Protocol
    • 16.2.1 End User Communication
    • 16.2.2 Communication Among Servers
    • 16.2.3 Session Termination

 

• Chapter 17: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
  • 17.1 Protocol Principle
  • 17.2 Data Model of LDAP Directory
  • 17.3 LDAP Protocol Data Units
    • 17.3.1 The Search Operation
      • 17.3.1.1 Filters
    • 17.3.2 Further Operations with Entries
      • 17.3.2.1 The Add Operation
      • 17.3.2.2 The Modify Operation
      • 17.3.2.3 The Delete Operation
      • 17.3.2.4 The Modify DN Operation
      • 17.3.2.5 The Compare Operation
  • 17.4 Server Programs
  • 17.5 Client Programs
    • 17.5.1 The LDAP Browser
    • 17.5.2 The OpenLDAP Client
    • 17.5.3 ADSIedit
    • 17.5.4 MS Outlook Express and MS Outlook
  • 17.6 Lightweight Directory Interchange Format

 

• Appendix A: CISCO Routers
  • A.1 Interface Identification
  • A.2 Cables
  • A.3 Memory
  • A.4 Console
  • A.5 Commands
    • A.5.1 Non-Privileged Mode
    • A.5.2 Privileged mode
  • A.6 Configuration
    • A.6.1 Setting a Password for Privileged Mode
    • A.6.2 Web
    • A.6.3 ConfigMaker
  • A.7 Debugging

 

• Index