Schedule

Topic 1

Topic: Introduction, network programming, layering, framing, parsing, addressing, UDP and TCP sockets, HTTP and the web

Reading: Van Steen 1 (Intro), 2.1 (Architectures), P&D 1.3 (Layering), 1.4 (sockets), 1.5 (performance), 2.3 (Framing), P&D 5.1 (UDP), 5.2 (TCP), Beej’s socket guide

• Mon Jan 7: Introduction and course overview
  • slides
• Wed Jan 9: Networking fundamentals, IP addresses
  • slides
• Fri Jan 11: Addressing, Layering, TCP
  • slides
  • discussion slides
• Sun Jan 13: Project 1 out
• Mon Jan 14: Client and server sockets programming
  • slides
• Wed Jan 16: Sockets programming (continued)
  • slides
• Fri Jan 18: HTTP and the web
  • slides
  • discussion slides

Topic 2

Topic: Remote procedure calls and networked storage, network programming via message passing

Reading: Van Steen 4.1 and 4.2, P&D 5.3, 7.0, and 7.1

• Mon Jan 21
  • MLK holiday (no class)
• Wed Jan 23: Networked Storage
  • slides
• Fri Jan 25: RPCs
  • slides
  • discussion slides
• Mon Jan 28: Wrap up RPCs, begin in-class RPC demo (ATM machine)
• Wed Jan 30: RPC demo (ATM machine)

Topic 3

Topic: Virtualization and cloud platforms

Reading: Van Steen 3 (Processes), The Datacenter as a Computer: An Introduction to the Design of Warehouse-Scale Machines, 2nd ed., by Barroso, Clidaras, and Hölzle. (optional)

• Fri Feb 1
  • slides

Topic 4

Topic: Naming, DNS, and peer-to-peer networks

Reading: Van Steen 5 (Naming)

• Mon Feb 4
  • Project 1 due (5pm)
  • Project 2 out
  • slides
• Wed Feb 6
  • slides
• Fri Feb 8
  • slides

Topic 5

Topic: Clock synchronization, logical and physical clocks

Reading: Van Steen 6 through 6.4 (Coordination)

• Mon Feb 11
• Wed Feb 13
• Fri Feb 15
  • Midterm (administered during the 12-1pm TA discussion section)

Topic 6

Topic: Replication, content placement, caching and the web

Reading: (Optional) Van Steen 7 (Consistency and Replication), (Required) Dean and Barroso, “The Tail at Scale”

• Mon Feb 18
  • Presidents' Day (no class)
• Tue Feb 19
  • Project 2 due (5pm)
  • Project 3 out
• Wed Feb 20
• Fri Feb 22
  • Project 2 due, 5pm

Topic 7

Topic: Fault tolerance, availability, reliable communication, distributed commit, checkpointing

Reading: (Optional, material will be covered in the RAFT paper) Van Steen 8 (Fault tolerance)

• Mon Feb 25
• Wed Feb 27
  • No class
• Fri Mar 1
• Mon Mar 4

Topic 8

Topic: Security: Threats, secure channels, access control

Reading: Van Steen 9 (Security)

• Wed Mar 6
• Fri Mar 8
• Mon Mar 11

Summary

Course review and feedback

• Wed Mar 13
• Fri Mar 15
  • Wrap-up and review
  • Project 3 due (5 pm)