Understanding TCP/IP Table Of Contents


Table of Contents

Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction to Network Protocols
Chapter 2: Network Monitoring Tools
Chapter 3: Physical Layer
Chapter 4: Link Layer
Chapter 5: Internet Protocol
Chapter 6: IP Address
Chapter 7: Routing
Chapter 8: IP Version 6
Chapter 9: Transmission Control Protocol
Chapter 10: User Datagram Protocol
Chapter 11: Domain Name System
Chapter 12: Telnet
Chapter 13: File Transfer Protocol
Chapter 14: Hypertext Transfer Protocol
Chapter 15: Email
Chapter 16: Forums
Chapter 17: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
Appendix A: CISCO Routers
Index

  • Chapter 1: Introduction to Network Protocols
    • 1.1 ISO OSI
      • 1.1.1 Physical Layer
      • 1.1.2 Data Link Layer
      • 1.1.3 Network Layer
      • 1.1.4 Transport Layer
      • 1.1.5 Session Layer
      • 1.1.6 Presentation Layer
      • 1.1.7 Application Layer
    • 1.2 TCP/IP
      • 1.2.1 Internet Protocol
      • 1.2.2 TCP and UDP
      • 1.2.3 Application Protocols
    • 1.3 Methods of Information Transmission
      • 1.3.1 Synchronous Transmission
      • 1.3.2 Packet Transmission
      • 1.3.3 Asynchronous Transmission
    • 1.4 Virtual Circuit
  • Chapter 2: Network Monitoring Tools
    • 2.1 Packet Drivers
    • 2.2 MS Network Monitor
      • 2.2.1 Frame Capturing
      • 2.2.2 Viewing Captured Frames
      • 2.2.3 Filters for Displaying Captured Frames
    • 2.3 Ethereal
    • 2.4 Homework
  • Chapter 3: Physical Layer
    • 3.1 Serial Line
      • 3.1.1 Serial and Parallel Data Transport
      • 3.1.2 Symmetrical and Asymmetrical Signals
      • 3.1.3 Synchronous and Asynchronous Transport
      • 3.1.4 V.24, V.35, and X.21 Protocols
      • 3.1.5 Null Modem
    • 3.2 Modems
      • 3.2.1 Dial-Up Connection
      • 3.2.2 Leased Lines
      • 3.2.3 Automatic Modem
        • 3.2.3.1 AT Commands
      • 3.2.4 Synchronous Transmission
      • 3.2.5 Baseband, Voice Band, and ADSL
      • 3.2.6 Transmission Rate
        • 3.2.6.1 The V.90 Recommendation
      • 3.2.7 Data Compression
      • 3.2.8 Error Detection
    • 3.3 Digital Circuits
      • 3.3.1 ISDN
        • 3.3.1.1 Basic Rate
        • 3.3.1.2 Higher Layer Protocols and Signalization
      • 3.3.2 E and T Lines
    • 3.4 LAN
      • 3.4.1 Structured Cables
        • 3.4.1.1 Copper Distribution
        • 3.4.1.2 Optical Fibers
      • 3.4.2 Ethernet (10 Mbps)
        • 3.4.2.1 AUI
        • 3.4.2.2 BNC
        • 3.4.2.3 Twisted-Pair
      • 3.4.3 Fast Ethernet (100 Mbps)
      • 3.4.4 Gigabyte Ethernet (1 Gbps)
  • Chapter 4: Link Layer
    • 4.1 Serial Line Internet Protocol
    • 4.2 Compressed SLIP
    • 4.3 High-Level Data Link Control Protocol
      • 4.3.1 Flag
      • 4.3.2 Address Field
      • 4.3.3 Control Field
        • 4.3.3.1 I-Frame
        • 4.3.3.2 S-Frame
        • 4.3.3.3 U-Frame
      • 4.3.4 Data Field and a Transferred Protocol Type
      • 4.3.5 Checksum
      • 4.3.6 HDLC Protocol Summary
    • 4.4 Point-To-Point Protocol
      • 4.4.1 Dialing a Phone Line
      • 4.4.2 Link Control Protocol
      • 4.4.3 Authentication
        • 4.4.3.1 Password Authentication Protocol
        • 4.4.3.2 Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocols
        • 4.4.3.3 Extensible Authentication Protocol
        • 4.4.3.4 Radius Protocol
      • 4.4.4 Call-Back Control Protocol
      • 4.4.5 Other Protocols
        • 4.4.5.1 Multilink Protocol
        • 4.4.5.2 Bandwidth Allocation Protocol and Bandwidth Allocation Control Protocol
        • 4.4.5.3 Compression Control Protocol
        • 4.4.5.4 Encryption Control Protocol
        • 4.4.5.5 Setting Encryption Keys
      • 4.4.6 Internet Protocol Control Protocol
    • 4.5 Frame Relay
      • 4.5.1 A Frame Relay Protocol Frame
      • 4.5.2 IP Through Frame Relay
      • 4.5.3 Local Management Interface
      • 4.5.4 Frame Relay Configuration on CISCO Routers
      • 4.5.5 Frame Relay Protocol
    • 4.6 Local Area Networks
      • 4.6.1 Ethernet
    • 4.7 Wireless Local Area Network
      • 4.7.1 Typical WLAN Configuration
        • 4.7.1.1 Peer-To-Peer Networks
        • 4.7.1.2 Access Point
        • 4.7.1.3 Roaming (Several Access Points)
        • 4.7.1.4 Backbone Point-to-Point Connection
      • 4.7.2 Antennas
      • 4.7.3 Security of WLAN
        • 4.7.3.1 Service Set ID
        • 4.7.3.2 Wired Equivalent Privacy
        • 4.7.3.3 IEEE 802.1X
    • 4.8 Fixed Wireless Access
      • 4.8.1 The Differences Between FWA and WLAN
      • 4.8.2 The Main Benefits of FWA
  • Chapter 5: Internet Protocol
    • 5.1 IP Datagram
    • 5.2. Internet Control Message Protocol
      • 5.2.1 Echo
      • 5.2.2 Destination Unreachable
      • 5.2.3 Source Quench (Lower Sending Speed)
      • 5.2.4 Redirect
      • 5.2.5 ICMP Router Discovery
      • 5.2.6 Time Exceeded
      • 5.2.7 Subnet Address Mask Request
      • 5.2.8 Time Synchronization
    • 5.3 Fragmentation
    • 5.4 Optional Entries in the IP Header
      • 5.4.1 Record Route
      • 5.4.2 Timestamp
      • 5.4.3 Source Routing
      • 5.4.4 IP Router Alert Option
    • 5.5 ARP and RARP Protocols
      • 5.5.1 ARP Filtering
      • 5.5.2 Proxy ARP
      • 5.5.3 Reverse ARP
    • 5.6 Internet Group Management Protocol
    • 5.7 Multicast and Link Protocol
  • Chapter 6: IP Address
    • 6.1 Network: First Period of History
      • 6.1.1 Special-Use IP Addresses
      • 6.1.2 Network Mask
    • 6.2 Network: Second Period of History
      • 6.2.1 Subnetworks
      • 6.2.2 Super-Networks and Autonomous Systems
    • 6.3 IP Addresses in the Intranet and Special-Use IP Addresses
    • 6.4 Unnumbered Interface
      • 6.4.1 Dynamic Address Assignment
    • 6.5 Address Plan
    • 6.6 Over 254 Interfaces in a LAN
  • Chapter 7: Routing
    • 7.1 Forwarding and Screening
    • 7.2 Routing
      • 7.2.1 Processing
    • 7.3 Handling Routing Tables
      • 7.3.1 List of Contents of a Routing Table in a Command Prompt
        • 7.3.1.1 Contents of a Routing Table in UNIX
      • 7.3.2 Routing Table Listing in Windows 2000/XP/2003
      • 7.3.3 Contents of a Routing Table in Cisco Routers
      • 7.3.4 Routing Table Entry Addition and Removal
    • 7.4 Routing Protocols
      • 7.4.1 Routing Vector Protocols
        • 7.4.1.1 RVP Principle
        • 7.4.1.2 RIP and RIP2
      • 7.4.2 Link State Protocols
        • 7.4.2.1 OSPF
      • 7.4.3 IPG and EGP
      • 7.4.4 Aggregation
      • 7.4.5 Redistribution
    • 7.5 Neutral Exchange Point
  • Chapter 8: IP Version 6
    • 8.1 Next Headers of IP Version 6 Datagram
      • 8.1.1 Hop-By-Hop Options
      • 8.1.2 Routing Header
      • 8.1.3 Fragment Header
      • 8.1.4 Authentication Header
      • 8.1.5 Encapsulating Security Payload Header
    • 8.2 ICMP Version 6 Protocol
      • 8.2.1 Address Resolution
      • 8.2.2 Router Discovery
      • 8.2.3 Redirect
    • 8.3. IP Addresses
      • 8.3.1 Types of Address Inscription
      • 8.3.2 Multicasts
      • 8.3.3 Unicasts
    • 8.4 Windows 2003
  • Chapter 9: Transmission Control Protocol
    • 9.1 TCP Segments
    • 9.2 TCP Header Options
    • 9.3 Establishing and Terminating a Connection with TCP
      • 9.3.1 Establishing a Connection
      • 9.3.2 Terminating a Connection
      • 9.3.3 Aborting a Connection
    • 9.4 Determining the Connection State
    • 9.5 Response Delay Techniques
    • 9.6 Window Technique
    • 9.7 Network Congestion
      • 9.7.1 Slow Start
      • 9.7.2 Congestion Avoidance
      • 9.7.3 Segment Loss
    • 9.8 The Window Scale Factor
  • Chapter 11: Domain Name System
    • 11.1 Domains and Subdomains
    • 11.2 Name Syntax
    • 11.3 Reverse Domains
    • 11.4 Resource Records
    • 11.5 DNS Protocol
    • 11.6 DNS Query
      • 11.6.1 DNS Query Packet Format
      • 11.6.2 DNS Query Packet Header
      • 11.6.3 Question Section
      • 11.6.4 The Answer Section, Authoritative Servers, and Additional Information
  • Chapter 12: Telnet
    • 12.1 The NVT Protocol
    • 12.2 Telnet Protocol Commands
      • 12.2.1 Signal for Synchronization
      • 12.2.2 The Telnet Command Line
      • 12.2.3 Communication Modes
    • 12.3 Example of Windows NT Client Communication
    • 12.4 Example of UNIX Client Communication
  • Chapter 13: File Transfer Protocol
    • 13.1 Architecture
    • 13.2 Active Mode of FTP Protocol Communication
    • 13.3 Passive Mode of FTP Protocol Communication
    • 13.4 FTP Commands
    • 13.5 Proxy
    • 13.6 Return Codes
    • 13.7 Abnormal Termination of Data Transfer
    • 13.8 Anonymous FTP
  • Chapter 14: Hypertext Transfer Protocol
    • 14.1 Client-Server
    • 14.2 Proxy
    • 14.3 Gateway
    • 14.4 Tunnel
    • 14.5 More Intermediate Nodes
    • 14.6 Uniform Resource Identifier
      • 14.6.1 The http Scheme
      • 14.6.2 The ftp Scheme
      • 14.6.3 The mailto Scheme
      • 14.6.4 The nntp Scheme
      • 14.6.5 The telnet Scheme
      • 14.6.6 The file Scheme
      • 14.6.7 The pop Scheme
    • 14.7 Relative URI
    • 14.8 The HTTP Request
      • 14.8.1 The GET Method
      • 14.8.2 The POST Method
      • 14.8.3 The HEAD Method
      • 14.8.4 The TRACE Method
      • 14.8.5 The OPTIONS Method
    • 14.9 The HTTP Response
      • 14.9.1 An Overview of Result Codes
    • 14.10 Other Header Fields
      • 14.10.1 Accept Header Field
      • 14.10.2 Client Authentication
      • 14.10.3 Proxy Authentication
      • 14.10.4 Content Header Field
      • 14.10.5 Redirection and Temporary Unavailability of Objects
      • 14.10.6 Cache
      • 14.10.7 Software Information
    • 14.11 Cookie
      • 14.11.1 Set-Cookie and Set-Cookie2 Header Fields
        • 14.11.1.1 Cookie Header Field
  • Chapter 15: Email
    • 15.1 Email Architecture
      • 15.1.1 DNS and Email
    • 15.2 Mail Message Format
      • 15.2.1 Basic Header Fields
    • 15.3 MIME
      • 15.3.1 MIME Header Fields
        • 15.3.1.1 MIME-Version
        • 15.3.1.2 Content-Type
        • 15.3.1.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding
        • 15.3.1.4 Content-Disposition
      • 15.3.2 Standard Encoding Mechanisms
        • 15.3.2.1 Quoted-Printable
        • 15.3.2.2 Base64
      • 15.3.3 Non-ASCII Text in Message Header Fields
      • 15.3.4 Discrete Media Types in Content-Type
        • 15.3.4.1 text
        • 15.3.4.2 application
        • 15.3.4.3 image
        • 15.3.4.4 audio
        • 15.3.4.5 video
        • 15.3.4.6 model
      • 15.3.5 Composite Media Types in Content-Type
        • 15.3.5.1 multipart
        • 15.3.5.2 message
    • 15.4 SMTP
    • 15.5 ESMTP
      • 15.5.1 Message Delivery Receipt
        • 15.5.1.1 Delivery Status Notification
        • 15.5.1.2 The Disposition-Notification-To Header Field
    • 15.6 POP3
    • 15.7 IMAP4
      • 15.7.1 Unauthenticated State
        • 15.7.1.1 LOGIN
        • 15.7.1.2 AUTHENTICATE
      • 15.7.2 Authenticated State
        • 15.7.2.1 CREATE, DELETE, RENAME, and LIST Commands
        • 15.7.2.2 SUBSRCIBE, LSUB, and UNSUBSCRIBE Commands
        • 15.7.2.3 STATUS
        • 15.7.2.4 SELECT and EXAMINE Commands
      • 15.7.3 Open Mailbox
        • 15.7.3.1 COPY
        • 15.7.3.2 SEARCH
        • 15.7.3.3 FETCH
        • 15.7.3.4 STORE
        • 15.7.3.5 EXPUNGE
        • 15.7.3.6 CLOSE
    • 15.8 Mailing Lists
  • Chapter 16: Forums
    • 16.1 Message Format
    • 16.2 NNTP Protocol
      • 16.2.1 End User Communication
      • 16.2.2 Communication Among Servers
      • 16.2.3 Session Termination
  • Chapter 17: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
    • 17.1 Protocol Principle
    • 17.2 Data Model of LDAP Directory
    • 17.3 LDAP Protocol Data Units
      • 17.3.1 The Search Operation
        • 17.3.1.1 Filters
      • 17.3.2 Further Operations with Entries
        • 17.3.2.1 The Add Operation
        • 17.3.2.2 The Modify Operation
        • 17.3.2.3 The Delete Operation
        • 17.3.2.4 The Modify DN Operation
        • 17.3.2.5 The Compare Operation
    • 17.4 Server Programs
    • 17.5 Client Programs
      • 17.5.1 The LDAP Browser
      • 17.5.2 The OpenLDAP Client
      • 17.5.3 ADSIedit
      • 17.5.4 MS Outlook Express and MS Outlook
    • 17.6 Lightweight Directory Interchange Format
  • Appendix A: CISCO Routers
    • A.1 Interface Identification
    • A.2 Cables
    • A.3 Memory
    • A.4 Console
    • A.5 Commands
      • A.5.1 Non-Privileged Mode
      • A.5.2 Privileged mode
    • A.6 Configuration
      • A.6.1 Setting a Password for Privileged Mode
      • A.6.2 Web
      • A.6.3 ConfigMaker
    • A.7 Debugging

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