Other Resources

This page contains pointers to additional resources and readings that complement what we see in the lectures.

Tools

• Wireshark: The tool we use to dissect network traffic in class.

• dig: A DNS querying tool.

General

• The TCP/IP Guide: A comprehensive guide covering many of the topics covered in class. This is a good reference if you need to see further examples, or more in-depth explanations, of something covered in class.

• Internet Assigned Numbers Authority: The organization responsible for allocating the IPv4 and IPv6 address space, as well as the DNS TLDs.

• The case of the 500-mile email (found by Shanthanu Bhardwaj, Networks’15): An amusing story that will resonate with anyone who has suffered through timeout issues in this class.

Ethernet

• Ethernet: distributed packet switching for local computer networks: The original Ethernet paper.

• Reddit AMA with Bob Metcalfe (one of the creators of Ethernet)

IP

• IANA IPv4 Address Space Registry: List of how each /8 network is allocated.

• Map of the Internet: xkcd’s map of the IPv4 address space as of 2006

• IPv4 Internet Map: Another visualization of the IPv4 address space

IPv6

• IANA Internet Protocol Version 6 Address Space

• IANA IPv6 Global Unicast Address Assignments

• IPv6 Test: Tests IPv6 connectivity from the machine accessing this page.

• IP6to4 tunnel: Script for creating a 6to4 tunnel.

• Preparing for IPv6-only mobile networks: Why and How

Internet-level Routing

• BGP Toolkit: Website that provides lots of information about Autonomous Systems (AS), routing prefixes, peers, etc.

• The Opte Project: Visualization of the Internet based on BGP data

TCP

• Go-Back-N interactive animation (found by George Teo, Networks’16) : After you click start, the packets will travel across the screen. Click a moving packet to have it become “lost”. Then the animation will send the appropriate delayed acks and then retransmit all of the pending packets.

DNS

• Root Hints File: The list of root DNS servers

• Root Zone File: The DNS root zone file (with all the records for the TLDs)

Network Neutrality

• Paid Peering, Paid Prioritization, and the Nuance of the Net Neutrality Debate

• What Everyone Gets Wrong in the Debate Over Net Neutrality

• Understanding the Level 3-Comcast spat (FAQ)

• Comcast and Netflix Reach Deal on Service

• Comcast vs. Netflix: Is this really about Net neutrality?

• 13 things you need to know about the FCC’s Net neutrality regulation

Network Security

• How DNSSEC Works: Very clear and concise explanation of how DNSSEC works.

• DNSSEC verification with dig

• Meet the seven people who hold the keys to worldwide internet security