Course details
Network Applications and Network Administration
ISA Acad. year 2022/2023 Winter semester 5 credits
Architecture of computer networks, OSI model and TCP/IP model. Network interface configuration. Advanced network programming using BSD sockets. Architectur of DNS and DNS resolution. Architecture of mailing and directory services. Network security - packet filtering and classification. Multimedia communication, videconferencing. IP telephony. Quality of services. Tools for network management. Measuring network traffic. Network modelling and simulation.
The course has 5 ECTS credits which represent 125-150 hours of study workload distributed as follows:
- 26 hours of lectures
- 10 hours of laboratory assignments
- 52 hours of programming project
- 37-64 hours of individual study and preparation to the final exam
Guarantor
Language of instruction
Completion
Time span
- 26 hrs lectures
- 10 hrs laboratories
- 16 hrs projects
Assessment points
- 60 pts final exam (written part)
- 20 pts labs
- 20 pts projects
Department
Lecturer
Matoušek Petr, doc. Ing., Ph.D., M.A. (DIFS)
Skokanová Jana, Mgr. (CVT)
Instructor
Hranický Radek, Ing., Ph.D. (DIFS)
Jeřábek Kamil, Ing. (DIFS)
Matoušek Petr, doc. Ing., Ph.D., M.A. (DIFS)
Polčák Libor, Ing., Ph.D. (DIFS)
Zavřel Jan, Ing. (DIFS)
Subject specific learning outcomes and competences
A student is able to configure network connection to the internet, configure basic services, monitor network traffic, detect and correct network failures. He or she is familiar with modern network applications for data, voice and video transmission. A student has an overview of tools for network administration and is able to use them. He or she is capable to create a secure network connection over the internet and secure computer against misuse from the network. A student is able to program a network application.
Learning objectives
The goal of this course is to inform students about network services and tools for network administration and traffic control. The practical parts of the course include network application programming and laboratory assignments where students can apply theoretical knowledge in configuration and analysis of real network services.
Why is the course taught
The students will learn principles of basic network services, how to monitore and secure network devices and applications. In addition, students will be introduced BSD socket library for programming client-server applications.
Recommended prerequisites
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
- Basics of operating systems Unix and Windows.
- C programming.
- Reading and understanding texts written in technical English.
- Computer network architecture (ISO/OSI, TCP/IP).
- Overview of link layer protocols and network layer protocols.
- Addressing - types of addresses, classes of IP addresses, multicast, broadcast, netmask, CIDR etc.
- Knowledge of IPv6.
Study literature
- P. Matoušek: Síťové aplikace a jejich architektura, VUTIUM, 2014.
- W. R. Stevens, B. Fenner, A. M. Rudoff: UNIX Network Programming.The Sockets Network API, Addison-Wesley, 2004.
- A. S. Tanenbaum: Computer Networks, 4th Edition, Prentice Hall, 2003.
- J. F. Kurose, K.W.Ross: Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach Featuring the Internet, Adison-Wesley, 2003.
- Lewis Van Wikle: Hands-On Network Programming with C : Learn Socket Programming in C and Write Secure and Optimized Network Code, Packt Publishing, 2019.
Syllabus of lectures
- Network Architecture, Addressing, Testing.
- Advanced TCP/IP Programming.
- Multicast. Link Layer Data Capturing and Packet Processing.
- Security of network transmission.
- DNS System.
- Electronic Mail and Directory Services.
- Streaming and videoconferencing.
- IP Telephony.
- Network Monitoring and Management.
- Time Synchronization, System Logging.
- Flow Monitoring.
- Quality of Services.
- Summary.
Syllabus of laboratory exercises
- Network device configuration. Traffic analysis using network analyzer Wireshark.
- Securing network transmission (ssh, TLS).
- DNS configuration and usage.
- VoIP configuration and analysis.
- Network management and monitoring.
Progress assessment
Lab assignments (20 points), project implementation (20 points). Exam prerequisites: Duty credit consists of getting at least 15 points of projects and seminary work.
Controlled instruction
- Assignments in labs (max 20 points) and individual network programming project (max 20 points).
- To pass the semester exam, minimum 20 points is required.
- Semester exams can be oral or written. The form is defined by each exam description.
- Missed labs are not replaced.
Exam prerequisites
Duty credit consists of getting at least 15 points of projects and seminary work.
Course inclusion in study plans
- Programme BIT, 3rd year of study, Compulsory
- Programme BIT (in English), 3rd year of study, Compulsory
- Programme IT-BC-3, field BIT, 3rd year of study, Compulsory