FIRST HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT FOR CS 3000

• 2.6: Turn in a little report answering the question, and also turn in some hardcopy showing the results you got from doing traceroutes on a half-dozen different sites. You can make a script file and print it or just copy output from a terminal window, paste it into an editor and print it.
  
  
• 4.4
  
  
• 4.7: Show all your work.
  
  
• 5.3: Show all your work.
  
  
• 5.4: Show all your work.
  
  
• 6.10: In your answer include URL's for a couple of good sites for getting the information.
  
  
• 8.6: Show all your work.
  
  
• 9.3: Suppose computer X and computer Y have different names and different IP addresses, but X and Y have the same hardware address. Suppose that computer Z is completely different -- Z has it's own name, it's own IP number and hardware address -- all of them different from those of X and Y. In your answer to problem 9.3 first consider what could go wrong if Z sends a message to X. Take into account the replies that Z might get, and what it might do about the replies. Next imagine what will happen if X attempts to communicate with Y. Have fun.
  
  
• 11.6
  
  
• 11.7: Answer with a one-page essay in your own words.
  
  
• 12.2: Cite your sources so I can reproduce your search.
  
  
• 12.8: Explain fully how you reach your conclusions.