CS-C3140 - Operating Systems, 07.09.2020-09.12.2020

Topic outline

• Week 7
  Resources for the seventh week of the course on network sockets.

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    Exercise round on A+ URL

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    Link to the exercises and assignments on A+.
    

  • Slides and podcasts

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    IPC and sockets File

    PDF document

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    Slides about:

    • inter-process communication: message passing;
    • pipes and mailboxes;
      
    • sockets: UNIX domain sockets and network sockets.

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    IPC and sockets File

    Audio file (MP3)

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    Podcast on IPC and sockets.

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    IPC and sockets: transcript File

    Text file

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    Transcript of the podcast on IPC and sockets.
    

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    Internet overview File

    PDF document

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    Slides about:

    • the Internet: structure, services, and protocols;
    • Internet applications: communicating processes and addressing;
      
    • transport-level services: TCP and UDP.

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    Internet overview File

    Audio file (MP3)

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    Podcast on Internet overview.

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    Internet overview: transcript File

    Text file

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    Transcript of the podcast on Internet overview.
    

  • Recommended resources

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    Computer Networks and the Internet URL

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    Chapter 1 of the the book Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach by James F. Kurose and Keith W. Ross introduces the Internet, network applications and protocols. You can access the sixth edition of the book through Aalto's ProQuest subscription and read only Section 1.1 What is the Internet?.

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    Application Layer URL

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    Chapter 2 of the the book Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach by James F. Kurose and Keith W. Ross overviews network applications and inter-process communication according to the client-server paradigm, covering the basics of both the TCP and UDP protocols. You can access the sixth edition of the book through Aalto's ProQuest subscription and read only the following sections:

    • Section 2.1 Principles of Network Applications, excluding Section 2.1.6;
      
    • Section 2.5 DNS – The Internet’s Directory Service, until Section 2.5.1 Services Provided by DNS (included);
    • Section 2.7 Socket Programming: Creating Network Applications.