Networking Certification Online Beginner level by CMS IT Training Institute- Thrissur

Lesson 1: Introduction

Computer Networking Overview
What This Class is Not About

Lesson 2: Architecture & Principles

A Brief History of the Internet
Architectural Design Principles
Packet Switching
File Transfer
End to End Argument Violations

Lesson 3: Switching

Switching and Bridging
Bootstrapping: Networking Two Hosts
ARP: Address Resolution Protocol
Interconnecting LANs with Hubs
Switches: Traffic Isolation
Spanning Tree
Switches vs. Routers
Buffer Sizing for a TCP Sender

Lesson 4: Routing

Internet Routing
Intra-AS Topology
Distance-Vector Routing
Link State Routing
Interdomain Routing
IGP vs. iBGP
BGP Route Selection
Multiple Exit Discriminator (MEI)
Interdomain Routing Business Models

Lesson 5: Naming, Addressing & Forwarding

IP Addressing
Pre-1994: Classful Addressing
IP Address Allocation
Classless Interdomain Routing (CIDR)
Multihoming Frustrates Aggregation
Address Lookup Using Tries
Memory Efficiency and Fast Lookup
Alternatives to LPM with Tries
NAT and IPv6
Network Address Translation (NAT)

Lesson 5.1: Router Design Basics

Router Design
Basic Router Architecture
Decision: Crossbar Switching
Switching Algorithm: Maximal Matching
Head of Line Blocking
Scheduling and Fairness
Max-Min Fairness

Lesson 5.2: Domain Name System (DNS)

Record Types
Examples (using dig)
Lookup IP Address

Lesson 6: Congestion Control & Streaming

Congestion Control
AIMD (TCP Congestion Control)
Data Centers & TCP Incast
Barrier Synchronization & Idle Time
Multimedia & Streaming
Digitizing Audio & Video
Streaming Video
Skype

Lesson 7: Rate Limiting and Traffic Shaping

Traffic Classification & Shaping
Source Classification
Leaky Bucket Traffic Shaping
(r, t) Traffic Shaping
Shaping Bursty Traffic Patterns
Power Boost
Effects on Latency
Buffer Bloat
Packet Monitoring

Lesson 8: Content Distribution

The Web and Caching
HTTP Requests
Persistent Connections
Content Distribution Networks (CDNs)
Server Selection
Content Routing
Bit Torrent
Solution to Freeriding: Choking
Distributed Hash Tables
Consistent Hashing

Lesson 9: Software Defined Networking

Network Management Overview
Software Defined Networking (SDN)
Control and Data Planes
Different SDN Controllers
NOX: Overview
Ryu, Floodlight, Nox and Pox
Customizing Control

Lesson 10: Traffic Engineering

Traffic Engineering Overview
Interdomain Traffic Engineering
Measuring, Modeling and Controlling Traffic
Link Utilization Function
BGP in Interdomain Traffic Engineering
Multipath Routing
Data Center Networking
Valiant Load Balance
Jellyfish Data Center Topology

Lesson 11: Network Security

Internet is Insecure
Resource Exhaustion
Routing Security
Origin and Path Authentication
DNS Security
DNS Cache Poisoning

Lesson 11.1: Internet Worms

Viruses and Internet Worms
Internet Worm Lifecyle
First Worm: Morris Worm
Worm Outbreaks in Detail
Modeling Fast-Spreading Worms

Lesson 11.2: Spam

Spam
IP Blacklisting

Lesson 11.3: Denial of Service (DoS) Attacks

TCP 3-Way Handshake
Inferring Denial of Service Activity using Backscatter
Automated DoS Attack Mitigation
MTPCP