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)
  • 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.
  • The Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California (CENIC) and The California Research & Education Network (CalREN) (statewide network that links the CSU to the Internet)
    
    
• 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: an 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."
  • How Google Works - Google Guide
    
    
• Traceroute and Ping Servers:
  • www.traceroute.org:
  • Traceroute Servers for HENP & ESnet:
  • just * ping - Ping Server
    
    
• HTML & CGI Stuff:
  • Getting Started with HTML
  • HTML Tutorial
  • WDG Overview of all tags
  • Codes for Making Special Characters
  • From dionysia.org: Symbols, Mathematical Symbols and Greek Letters
  • Character entity references in HTML 4
  • Color Codes
  • Colors By Name
  • HTML Quick Reference
  • Sample HTML Table
  • PHP Tutorial: Writing A Feedback Form Script
  • Perl CGI Tutorial Overview from the University of Leeds
  • Apache.org Tutorial: Dynamic Content with CGI
  • CGI in Python Introduction from cs.virginia.edu
  • O'Reilly Online Book: CGI Programming
  • Perl/CGI Tutorial from cs.unc.edu
    
    
• 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
  • Denial of service attack information from CERT
  • CERT information on securing home and business systems
  • Search For Information on Hijacking a TCP Connection
  • The Honeypot Project: Trapping the Hackers
    
    
• Spam-Related:
  • Federal Trade Commission On Guard Online site
  • Anti-Spam Resources
    
    
• Network Management Sites:
  • CENIC (CSU/Community College Network)
    
    
• Satellite Communication Systems:
  • VSAT Wikipedia Article
  • VSAT Network Types
  • WildBlue (VSAT) Demo
  • Iridium Satellite Constellation Wikipedia Article
  • Globalstar Wikipedia Article
  • Teledesic Wikipedia Article
  • Molniya Orbit Wikipedia Article