Links to Places of Interest
to the Communication Networks Class

• The Website for Our Textbook
  
  
• Groups that Manage the Internet
  • Internet Society (represents Internet users.)
  • Internet Architecture Board (IAB) (technical advisory group of the Internet Society)
  • Internet Research Task Force (IRTF) (Research Groups working on topics related to Internet)
  • Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) (oversees development and standardization of technical aspects of the Internet)
  • RFC Editor (publisher of the RFCs)
  • Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) (assigns Internet protocol parameters)
  • ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (in charge of the Internet?)
  • IP Address Services
  • Domain Name Services
  • interNic (integrated network information center)
    
    
• Internet Statistics, Metrics, and Topology:
  • Internet-Related Statistics
  • Cooperative Association for Internet Data Analysis (CAIDA) Web Site (provides tools and analyses regarding the Internet)
  • The Web100 project (software and tools to achieve high bandwidth data rates)
  • Internet Domain Survey (How Big is the Net?)
  • Network Startup Resource Center (NSRC) Dig around here. There is a lot of well-presented information here.
  • Maps of the Internet (Where is the Net?) (Yahoo "kitchen sink")
  • 4Cnet Backbone Node List (Topology info on the statewide CSU network)
    
    
• Other Groups Important to the Future of Networking:
  • World Wide Web Consortium (steers development of the world wide web)
  • National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) (U.S. agency concerned with telecommunications and IT issues.)
    
    
• Internet Implementation Information
  • PDF: Understanding IP Addressing: everything you ever wanted to know
  • PDF: Jacobson-Karels Seminal Paper on Congestion Avoidance
  • The TCP/IP Guide: a new on-line guide written by Charles M. Kozierok.
  • The Hitchhikers Guide to the Internet: dated information, but the main technical reference for this class in the "good old days."
  • PDF: Web Search for a Planet: The Google Cluster Architecture: Information about how Google works
    
    
• Hedy Lamarr and Spread Spectrum:
  • Hedy Lamarr Award:
  • More on Hedy Lamarr, George Antheils, and Spread Spectrum:
    
    
• Traceroute and Ping Servers:
  • www.traceroute.org:
  • Traceroute Servers for HENP & ESnet:
  • SiteRecon - Ping Server Test
  • GPN- Ping Server
    
    
• HTML & CGI Stuff:
  • Getting Started with HTML
  • HTML Tutorial
  • Learning HTML
  • WDG Overview of all tags
  • A Set of Valuable References for Developers of Web Pages
  • Codes for Making Special Characters
  • Symbols, Mathematical Symbols and Greek Letters
  • Character entity references in HTML 4
  • Color Codes
  • Colors By Name
  • HTML Quick Reference
  • Sample CGI Script (Dynamic Document)
  • Sample Java (Active) Document
  • Sample HTML Table
  • PHP Tutorial: Writing A Feedback Form Script
  • Sample EarthLink CGI Scripts
  • Using the mailto Script Basics
  • EarthLink Network StarterSite Support
    
    
• Standards Organizations:
  • International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
  • International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
  • American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
  • National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
  • Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Standards Association (IEEE-SA)
  • Internet Architecture Board (IAB) (technical advisory group of the Internet Society)
    
    
• Security Sites and Topics:
  • Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT)
  • System Administration, Networking, and Security (SANS) Institute Online
  • Computer Incident Advisory Capability (CIAC)
  • Denial of service attack information from CERT
  • CERT information on securing home systems
  • Search For Information on Hijacking a TCP Connection
  • The Honeypot Project: Trapping the Hackers
• Spam-Related:
  • AOL Signs Off From Sender ID
  • Reading Email Headers
  • Law Barring Junk E-Mail Allows a Flood Instead
  • IP-spoofing Demystified
  • Spamming Issues and Topics
    
    
• Network Management Sites:
  • CENIC (CSU/Community College Network)
  • 4CNet (aka CSUnet) (Former CSU/Community College Network)