References and Useful WWW Sites

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    1. Network Architecture
    2. OSI Model
    3. Standards
    4. Network Topology
    5. Shared vs. Switched Technologies
    6. LANs
    7. WANs
    8. Distributed Computing
    9. LAN Technologies
    10. Network Protocols
    11. WAN Technologies
    12. Network Cabling References
    13. Network Electronics
    14. Internet/Intranet Technologies
    15. Network management & Security
    16. Client/Server Applications
    17. Multimedia Applications
    18. High-Speed Networking
    19. Networking Trends & Futures
    20. Network Integration & Design

1 Network Architecture models

OPEN NETWORK ARCHITECTURE MODEL by Chris Baucom

http://itp-www.colorado.edu/TSO/Access/S88/Open_Netwrk_mod.html

Towards an Active Network Architecture

http://www.tns.lcs.mit.edu/publications/mmcn96/mmcn96.html

Network Architecture

http://www.ee.latrobe.edu.au/notes/networks/architecture.html#iso

OSI Reference Model Lecture

http://munshi.sonoma.edu/s96/bus420/osilecture.html

Introduction to SNA

http://pclt.cis.yale.edu/pclt/COMM/SNA.HTM

IBM Networking Solution

http://www.networking.ibm.com/n31/n31s05.htm

LCS Advanced Network Architecture Papers

http://ana-www.lcs.mit.edu/anaweb/papers.html

HP Announces HP OpenCall Intelligent Network Architecture

http://penta.ufrgs.br/gereint/95sep20.html

Object-oriented Networking Architecture

http://www.nttinfo.ntt.jp/RD/ACT/RD_act_1/object.html

Windows NT Network Architecture from byte magazine

http://www.byte.com/art/9412/sec9/art3.htm

 

2 OSI Model

OSI Reference Model

http://tfbbs.tvinet.com/amitcp/OSI_Reference_Model.html

ISO-OSI Model

http://www.citybeach.wa.edu.au/lessons/computing12/lan/iso.html

PHYSICAL LAYER STANDARDS BASED ON OSI MODEL

http://spider.uchsc.edu/is/hd/hdstand.html

OSI - a critique

http://www.cs.ucl.ac.uk/staff/J.Crowcroft/ods/node227.html

TCP/IP and OSI

http://melb.alexia.net.au/~www/yendor/internetinfo/tcpip_osi.html

The OSI Model and NetWare

http://www.tbi.net/~jhall/novlan.html

ISO/OSI Network Model

http://linux.ucs.indiana.edu/usail/network/nfs/network_layers.html

OSI protocols

http://ns.kren.nm.kr/Internet/osi_protocol.html

OSI model

http://www.sju.edu/~jhodgson/netw/osi.html

 

3 Standards

Network Standard Organizations

http://www-dos.uniinc.msk.ru/tech1/1996/standorg/standorg.htm

GACIT Standards Subcommittee

http://www.magnet.state.ma.us/omis/gacit/netguide.htm

Standards Bodies

http://www.spp.umich.edu/telecom/standards.html

 

4 Network Topology

Network Topology, Parameters, and Generalization

http://ai.bpa.arizona.edu/papers/sol92/subsection3_6_2.html

Ring Topology

http://www.sanders.com/hpc/ArchGuide/Elements/Configure/Ring.html

Modeling Topology of Large Internetworks

http://www.cc.gatech.edu/fac/Ken.Calvert/topo/graphs.html

Computer network topology

http://www.spirit.com.au/Dreaming/topology.htm

The Beginner's Guide to Telecommunications - Network Topologies

http://www.onepassinfo.com/opnet1.html

 

5 Shared Vs Switched Technologies

Migrating FDDI to Switched Fast Ethernet

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/729/c5000/swfet_wp.htm

Migration to Switched Ethernet LANs

http://www.networking.ibm.com/mse/mse0c01.html

Migrating from Shared to Switched LANs

http://advicom.net/~nmuller/sharelan.shtml

 

6 LANS

Networking: A Primer, a white paper on LAN

http://www.baynetworks.com/Products/Papers/wp-primer.html

Designing-And Redesigning-Today's Local Area Network

http://techweb.cmp.com/nc/netdesign/lanindex.html

ARCNET

http://bit.csc.lsu.edu/~hendriks/arcnet.html

LAN Operating systems

http://tampico.cso.uiuc.edu/nas/nash/lan.html

ARCNET

http://bit.csc.lsu.edu/~hendriks/arcnet.html

Token Ring Network

http://bit.csc.lsu.edu/~hendriks/token.html

About Wireless LAN

http://www.radiodesign.com/lanwrks.htm

 

7 WAN

WAN-Wide area Network

http://www-dos.uniinc.msk.ru/tech1/1994/networks/wan.htm

Designing a Wide Area Network

http://www.datatech.com/hot/w96_3.htm

All About...Multicast Wide Area Network Services

http://www.starburstcom.com/mcast.htm

Local and Wide area Networks

http://www.officeiq.com/features/Wanwide.htm

 

8 Distributed Computing

Survey on Distributed Computing Networks-Networks of Workstations

http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/%7Ejain/cis788/dist_comp/index.html

Some thoughts on evolution of intelligence and distributed systems

http://www.lucifer.com/%7Esasha/mindage.html

 

9 LAN Technologies

9.1 Dial Up

A white paper on dial-up remote access

http://www.lantronix.com/htmfiles/whitepapers/lrswp.htm

Personal Internet Access using SLIP or PPP

http://www.warehouse.net/warehouse/slip-ppp.html

Bridging and Routing over Dial-up Links

http://www.osicom.com/wp/bvr.htm

9.2 Ethernet

Tutorial on Ethernet, it describes various things involved

http://www.lantronix.com/htmfiles/mrktg/catalog/et.htm

Ethernet: Distributed Packet Switching for Local Computer Networks

http://www.acm.org/classics/apr96/

Fast Ethernet: 100 Mbit/s Made Easy

http://www.data.com/Tutorials/100Mbits_Made_Easy.html

Ethernet tutorial at PC Lube and Tune

http://pclt.cis.yale.edu/pclt/comm/ether.htm

Introduction to 10Base-T Ethernet

http://advicom.net/~nmuller/10baset.shtml

9.3 Token Ring

Token Ring

http://www-dos.uniinc.msk.ru/tech1/1996/toknring/toknring.htm

Token ring network

http://bit.csc.lsu.edu/~hendriks/token.html

Token ring a white paper

http://www.astral.org/astrlwp1.html

TOKEN RING COMPONENTS

http://www.csp.com/html/section1-3/TOKENRINGCOMP.html

9.4 FDDI

FDDI Explained

http://advicom.net/~nmuller/fddi.html

FDDI FAQ

http://sholeh.nswc.navy.mil/x3t12/FDDIFAQ.html

A paper on FDDI

http://www-win.uniinc.msk.ru/tech1/1995/fddi/fddi.htm

Building FDDI Networks

http://www.osicom.com/wp/build.htm

9.5 ATM

ATM primer

http://www.npac.syr.edu/users/dpk/ATM_Knowledgebase/getting_started.html

A Brief Tutorial on ATM

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/121/5.html

ATM white paper

http://www.3com.com/nsc/500374b.html

Asynchronous Transfer Mode ( ATM )

http://www.cs.bsu.edu/homepages/vreddy/cs637/atm.html

ATM LAN Emulation

http://www.3com.com/nsc/500600.html

9.6 Gigabit Ethernet

Gigabit Ethernet

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/729/gigabit/ggeth_sd.htm

Gigabit Ethernet overview

http://www.gigabit-ethernet.org/technology/whitepapers/gige_97/

ATM vs. Gigabit Ethernet

http://www.data.com/tutorials/backbones.html

9.7 Wireless LANs

What is wireless LAN ?

http://www.proxim.com/proxim/what_is/what_is.htm

Building Wireless Backbones and LANs

http://www.proxim.com/proxim/apps/whiteppr/wireless.htm

A paper on wireless LAN

http://bbs-win.uniinc.msk.ru/tech1/1994/wireless/wlan.htm

Migrating Wireless LANs to 802.11

http://www.proxim.com/proxim/apps/whiteppr/ieee.htm

Wireless LANs: How Far? How Fast?

http://www.data.com/Lab_Tests/Wireless_LANs.html

 

10 Network Protocols

10.1 TCP/IP

Introduction to TCP/IP

http://pclt.cis.yale.edu/pclt/comm/tcpip.htm

Daryl's TCP/IP Primer

http://ipprimer.2ndlevel.net/

An Overview of TCP/IP Protocols and the Internet

http://www.hill.com/library/tcpip.html

TCP/IP and IPX routing Tutorial

http://www.sangoma.com/fguide.htm

10.2 Novell/IPX

TCP/IP and IPX routing Tutorial

http://www.sangoma.com/fguide.htm

Internetwork Packet Exchange (IPX) Protocol

http://support.baynetworks.com/Library/tpubs/content/893_741B/893_741h.htm#346219

Novell IPX Header Structure

http://www.develcon.com/service/nov_ipx.htm

Novell IPX Commands

http://www-europe.cisco.com/cpropub/univercd/data/ciscopro/software/phase_2/cs/sipx.htm

10.3 Appletalk

AppleTalk, cisco site

http://www.ics.muni.cz/cisco/data/doc/cintrnet/ito/55142.htm

AppleTalk

http://support.baynetworks.com/Library/tpubs/content/893_741B/893_741i.htm#410113

 

11 WAN Technologies

11.11.1 Packet/Circuit Switching

INTRODUCTION TO PACKET SWITCHING AND X.25 IN PUBLIC DATA NETWORKS

http://www-dos.uniinc.msk.ru/tech1/1994/packet/packet.htm

Introduction to Packet switches

http://www-dos.uniinc.msk.ru/tech1/1994/pac-swt/intro.htm

11.2 Frame Relay

Frame Relay: Playing a Lead Role in SNA and LAN Internetworking

http://www.mot.com/MIMS/ISG/Papers/FR_WhitePaper/FR_WhitePaper.html

Frame Relay Networks - a survey

http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/%7Ejain/cis788/frame_relay/index.html

Frame Relay: Springboard to the Future of High-Bandwidth Telecommunications

http://www.mot.com/MIMS/ISG/Papers/Springboard/spring.html#RTFToC1

Frame Relay: an Analysis of the Technology

http://pierce.eosc.osshe.edu/frame.html

Cisco site on frame relay

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/data/doc/cintrnet/ito/55149.htm

Frame Relay

http://www-dos.uniinc.msk.ru/tech1/1994/frame_re/frame.htm

Voice Over Frame Relay

http://www.data.com/lab_tests/pitch.html

Frame Relay FAQ

http://www.etinc.com/frfaq.htm

Frame Relay and ATM WAN Technology

http://www.combinet.com/warp/public/732/Frame/fratm_wp.htm

11.3 ISDN

ISDN Guide

http://www.pacbell.com/products/business/fastrak/networking/isdn/info/isdn-guide/index.html

Dan kegel's ISDN page

http://alumni.caltech.edu/~dank/isdn/

The subject of ISDN

http://www.datacomm-us.com/technow/scan03/scan03.html

11.4 ATM/SONET

The subject of ATM

http://www.datacomm-us.com/technow/scan06/scan06.html

ATM

http://www.compucom.com/trg/trg7f.html

 

12 Network Cabling References

Cabling -the physical connection

http://amp.electriciti.com/census/resourc/cables.htm

All about cabling

http://www.linksys.com/support/faqs/howbuild/cables.htm

How to wire a network

http://www.linksys.com/support/faqs/howbuild/wiring.htm

cable installation and maintenance ask the expert page.

http://www.broadband-guide.com/cim/expert/index.html

Some design aspects

http://www.broadband-guide.com/cim/design/design897.html

practical aspects of cables

http://www.techexpo.com/WWW/remee/lan5t.html

standards based cabling

http://www.siemon.com/standard.html

TIA/EIA 568-A Cabling standard

http://www.siemon.com/568over.html

support of emerging applications from siemon cabling system

http://www.siemon.com/references/tech/signal.html

UTP cabling and the effects of EMI

http://www.siemon.com/references/tech/presentation.html

Extended frequency testing of cables

http://www.siemon.com/references/tech/extendedfreq.html

ATM 155Mbps transmission over cat 5 cabling

http://www.siemon.com/references/tech/factorfallacy.html

Propagation delay and delay skew

http://www.siemon.com/references/tech/delayskew.html

Support of advanced signalling applications

http://www.siemon.com/references/citechup.html

Transmission terminology

http://www.siemon.com/references/tech/megajas.html

Beefier cables

http://www.wcmh.com/lantimes/95sept/509a001d.html

standards

http://www.data-cabling.co.uk/strc_stn.htm

Network cabling tutorial

http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/network/cabling.htm

About cat5

http://www.microtest.com/html/cat5.html

TIA/EIA-568 standards

http://www.lucent.com/netsys/systimax/scs_standards9703.html

Fibre cabling architecture

http://www.lucent.com/netsys/systimax/fbrarch.html

UTP Vs STP

http://www.lucent.com/netsys/systimax/utp1.html

Giga speed cabling systems

http://www.lucent.com/netsys/systimax/gig2.html

 

13 Network Electronics

13.1 Modems

Modem Tutorial

http://www.lsu.edu/OCS/its/unix/tutorial/ModemTutorial/ModemTutorial.html

Curt's High Speed Modem Page

http://www.teleport.com/~curt/modems.html

Answers to Frequently Asked Questions

http://www.aimnet.com/%7Ejnavas/modem/faq.htm

Another FAQ

! http://www.malch.com/comfaq.html

About Modems

http://www.louisville.edu/%7Elmlars01/indulge/modems.html

Cable Modems: A Market Analysis

http://www.apresearch.com/cablrpt.htm

V34 Technology

http://www.blackbox.com/bb/refer/remote/v34/v34.html/tigb440

13.2 Terminal Servers

Why Terminal Servers

http://www.baynetworks.com/Products/Papers/0043.html

Terminal Servers Overview, 3Com site

http://www.3com.com/0files/products/bguide2/9_01.html

13.3 Repeaters

Repeaters and Concentrators

http://www.xyplex.com/product/hbook-reptrcon/wwwrptr.html

13.4 Hubs/Concentrators

what's ahub ?

http://www.compucom.com/trg/trg2i.html

13.5 Bridges

Bridges

http://www.compucom.com/trg/trg2j.html

subject of Transparent Bridges

http://www.datacomm-us.com/technow/scan02/scan02.html

13.6 Switches

Switching

http://www.freesoft.org/CIE/Topics/28.htm

13.7 Routers

Routers

http://www.compucom.com/trg/trg2k.html

subject of Routers

http://www.datacomm-us.com/technow/scan01/scan01.html

Routing in the Internet

http://www.scit.wlv.ac.uk/~jphb/comms/iproute.html

Description of bridge routing

http://www.FreeSoft.org/CIE/Topics/30.htm

Routing Basics

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/data/doc/cintrnet/ito/55171.htm

Multicast Routing

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/614/111.13.html

13.8 UPS

IETF UPS working group charter

http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/upsmib-charter.html

Information about UPS and Sealed Lead Acid Batteries

http://www.mywebplace.com/batterywholesale/batinfo.html

 

14 Internet/Intranet Technologies and Service

14.1 Introduction to Internet

Introduction and History of the Internet

http://www.stjosephs.london.on.ca/SJHC/webteam/intro.htm

Speaker’s notes on internet etc

http://www.stjosephs.london.on.ca/SJHC/webteam/notes.htm

14.2 Accessing the Internet

The Internet

http://titan.glo.be/%7Elhksoft/internet.htm

Internic

DNS

Domain Name System

http://netspace.org/netspace/tcpip/sec5.html

domain name

http://whatis.com/domainna.htm

Internet Addressing

IP ADDRESSING ARCHITECTURE

http://www-dos.uniinc.msk.ru/tech1/1994/ip_addr/tcpip2.htm

14.3 Internet Applications

File Transfer

The Internet and FTP

http://www.islandnet.com/%7Etmc/html/articles/ftp.htm

Getting Started

http://www.netspot.unisa.edu.au/tutorial/int6-1.html

Help on FTP

http://www.pathcom.com/help/ftp.html

Anonymous FTP

http://www.keele.ac.uk/depts/cl/ftp.html

A Quick-and-Dirty FTP Tutorial

http://www.dragonfire.net/ftp.html

Electronic Mail

Electronic Mail

http://www.ceas.rochester.edu:8080/Email.html

Email on Unix

http://www.uic.edu/depts/adn/cc-fss/email.html

World Wide Web

How to Search the World Wide Web: A Tutorial and Guide for Beginners

http://www.ultranet.com/~egrlib/tutor.htm

14.4 Internet Protocols

TCP/IP

Introduction to TCP/IP Networking

http://www.gl.umbc.edu/~jack/ifsm498/tcpip-intro.html

Introduction to TCP/IP

http://pclt.cis.yale.edu/pclt/comm/tcpip.htm

An Overview of TCP/IP Protocols and the Internet

http://www.hill.com/library/tcpip.html

TCP/IP FAQ

http://web.cnam.fr/Network/TCP-IP/tcp-ip.html

TCP/IP

http://www.siskin.co.uk/tcpip.html

Installing and Configuring TCP/IP

http://www.du.edu/du-software/slipppp95/TCP.html

MacTCP and TCP/IP

http://www.orst.edu/dept/sst/one-pagers/mactcp.html

Ipv4/Ipv6

IPv6 (IPng) - The Coming "Big Bang" in Cyberspace

http://www.computermethods.com/IPng/IPNG.htm

New protocol as IPv4 runs short on addresses

http://www.ccwmag.com/articles/96-8/newprotocol.html

IP Next Generation Overview

http://playground.sun.com/pub/ipng/html/INET-IPng-Paper.html

INTERNET PROTOCOL

http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/htbin/rfc/rfc791.html

IPv6 Transition: Update for Operators & Providers

http://www.academ.com/nanog/feb1996/ipv6.html

Understanding IP Addressing: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know http://www.3com.com/nsc/501302.html

HTTP

The Original HTTP as defined in 1991

http://www.w3.org/Protocols/HTTP/AsImplemented.html

Basic HTTP as defined in 1992

http://www.w3.org/Protocols/HTTP/HTTP2.html

HTTP-NG

http://www.w3.org/Protocols/HTTP-NG/http-ng-status.html

HTTP

http://pclt.cis.yale.edu/pclt/webapp/http.htm

Hypertext Transfer Protocol—HTTP/1.0

http://www.ics.uci.edu/pub/ietf/http/rfc1945.html

HTTP Related Protocols

http://www.w3.org/Protocols/RelevantProtocols.html

rfc1945 (HTTP/1.0)

http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/htbin/rfc/rfc1945.html

rfc2068 (HTTP/1.1)

http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/htbin/rfc/rfc20611.14.html

IETF HTTP working group charter

http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/http-charter.html

NNTP

NNTP

http://www.mathcs.carleton.edu/students/martind/project.html

NNTP - Network News Transfer Protocol

http://bit.csc.lsu.edu/~hendriks/nntp.html

NNTP Extensions (nntpext)

http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/nntpext-charter.html

RFC 977

http://info.internet.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc/files/rfc977.txt

SMTP

Overview of Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)

http://www.unisys.com/marketplace/aseries/software/sfcomnet/ov_smtp.htm

RFC 821

ftp://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc821.txt

POP3

POP3 Protocol

http://www.eli.sdsu.edu/courses/spring97/cs596/notes/pop/pop.html#_Toc3816 7144

Post Office Protocol - Version 3

http://www.FreeSoft.org/CIE/RFC/1725/index.htm

IMAP4

What is IMAP?

http://www-camis.stanford.edu/projects/imap/ml/imap.html

INTERNET MESSAGE ACCESS PROTOCOL - VERSION 4

http://andrew2.andrew.cmu.edu/cyrus/rfc/rfc1730.html

IMAP4 Authentication Mechanisms

http://andrew2.andrew.cmu.edu/cyrus/rfc/rfc1731.html

What is IMAP?

http://www.imap.org/whatisIMAP.html

IMAP in the press

http://www.imap.org/whatsnew.html

Comparing Two Approaches to Remote Mailbox Access: IMAP vs. POP

http://www.imap.org/imap.vs.pop.brief.html

The IMAP Connection

http://www.imap.org/

RSVP

RSVP Protocol Overview

http://www.isi.edu/div7/rsvp/overview.html

RSVP protocol overview

http://network-services.uoregon.edu/~ursula/thesis/node15.html

RSVP—Reservation Protocol (presentation)

http://www.npac.syr.edu/users/gcf/cps640/RSVP/fullhtml.html

Resource ReSerVation Protocol---RSVP

http://wwwcip.informatik.uni-erlangen.de/user/tspeuker/papers/book_html/node25.html

Resource Reservation Setup Protocol (rsvp) Charter

http://www.ietf.cnri.reston.va.us/html.charters/rsvp-charter.html

14.5 Internet Network Architecture

Towards an Active Network Architecture

http://www.tns.lcs.mit.edu/publications/ccr96.html

Integrated Service in the Internet Architecture

http://ana-www.lcs.mit.edu/anaweb/abstracts/isia-abs.html

14.6 Internet Service Providers

Basic Beginners Guide To How An ISP Works

http://www.interlinkweb.com/~main/basic-beginners-guide-to-how-an-isp-works.htm

A Logistical Analysis of ISP

http://www.interlinkweb.com/~main/establishing-integrating-internet-service-provider.htm

Internet Service Providers Resources

http://www.spp.umich.edu/telecom/isp.html

 

15Network Management & Security

15.1 Network Management

15.1.1 Overview

Network Management:What it is and what it isn’t.

http://netman.cit.buffalo.edu/Doc/DStevenson/

The Vocabulary

http://netman.cit.buffalo.edu/Dict.html

Assured Network Services for the Enterprise Network---The Next Generation in Network Management

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/734/General/ans_sd.htm

FAQs pertinent to Network Management.

http://netman.cit.buffalo.edu/FAQs.html

15.1.2. OSI Network Management Architecture

ITU-T Recommendations: Network management

http://www.itu.int/publications/itu-t/itutq211.15.htm

15.1.3 Diagnostic tools

PING and TRACEROUTE Program Documentation and Information

http://www.rl.ac.uk/hep/ppncg/em1_sub1.html

Network Troubleshooting

http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/ldm/ldm5/LDM5-64.html

Apollo

http://www.apollo.myth.co.uk/

Review: WS_Ping ProPack

http://www.ppn.org/reviews/9710/02.html

Reading Diagnostic Output

http://www.agis.net/explain.htm

Diagnostic tools - How do I find out what is wrong?

http://gollem.leidenuniv.nl/Linuxhelp/HOWTO/NET-2-HOWTO-14.html

15.1.4. Network Monitoring Tools

Sniffers

TCP/IP Sniffers: Functional Specification

http://mordor.cs.hut.fi/tik-76.115/kesa-96/palautukset/Sniffers/pt/te/FM_3.0.html

The Original WhatsUp Network Monitoring Tool

http://www.ipswitch.com/products/whatsup/whatsup.html

DAMT - DISTRIBUTED APPLICATION MONITOR TOOL

http://cognac.cosmic.uga.edu/abstracts/gsc-135511.15.html

Understanding Database Sniffers

http://techweb.cmp.com/nc/605/605work1.html

RMON Probes

Probing the Layers of the LAN

http://www.data.com/Hot_Products/Net_Management/Probing_the_Layers.html

DECpacketprobe

http://www.networks.digital.com/npb/html/products_guide/hubwch6.html

RMON vendor improves WAN statistic-collection tools

http://www.lantimes.com/96jul/607b045b.html

15.1.5. SNMP Versions 1 & 2

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

http://cio.cisco.com/warp/public/535/3.html

The Simple Times

http://netman.cit.buffalo.edu/Papers.html#SimpleTimes

Customizing Router Software for SNMP Services

http://support.baynetworks.com/Library/tpubs/content/110080_A/snmp.htm

Network Power Central: SNMP

http://www.zdnet.com/cshopper/content/9604/sgfeature/sub3.html

15.1.6. RMON Versions 1 & 2

Remote Monitoring for Switched Internetworks (RMON and RMON2)

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/729/Manage/rmon2_wp.htm

Remote Monitoring Solutions for Switched Internetworks: A Comprehensive Strategy for Monitoring Switched Internetworks with RMON and RMON 2

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/729/Manage/rmons_wp.htm

15.1.7. Books

by: Allan Leinwand, Karen Fang Conroy

ISBN: 0-201-60999-1

ISBN: 0-13-177254-6

15.2 Network Security

15.2.1 Network Security Objectives

Network Security Design of Information Networks By Andy Sloane

http://www.scit.wlv.ac.uk/university/scit/modules/cp3397/notes/din11.txt

Increasing Security On IP Networks

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/701/31.html

15.2.2 Risks to Network Security

Trojan Horses

Trojan Horses

http://www.ceas.rochester.edu:8080/Security/node17.html

Viruses

General Virus Information

http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/vinfodb.html

Computer Viruses - An Executive Brief

http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/reference/corpst.html

An Overview of Computer Viruses and Antivirus Software

http://www.hicom.net/%7Eoedipus/virus32.html

Frequently Asked Questions

http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/vfaq.html

Virus Help and Information

http://pages.prodigy.com/virushelp/index.htm

Bombs

Security Bombs

http://www.interware.it/users/blackjack/oldstuff/MXsecurity.htm

Worms

A REPORT ON THE INTERNET WORM

ftp://coast.cs.purdue.edu/pub/doc/morris_worm/worm.paper

The history of worm like programs

http://www.mathcs.carleton.edu/students/darbyt/pages/history.html

The Lessons of the Worm

http://www.mathcs.carleton.edu/students/darbyt/pages/lessons.html

Panic Worms

http://www.freedonia.com/panic/worms/worms.html

15.2.3 Security Polices

Security Policies for the Internet

http://www.arnold.com/POLICIES_9512_SLIDES.HTML

SECURITY POLICY

http://www.utoronto.ca/security/lancsp.htm

Security Policies and Guidelines:Proposal

http://www.siumed.edu/impc/polguide.html

A white paper on Security Policies

http://www.sun.com/security/sec.policy.wp.html

15.2.4 Security tools

Firewalls

Internet Firewalls and Security, Technology Overview

http://www.3com.com/nsc/500619.html

PORTUS Firewall Tutorial

http://www.lsli.com/2.3/tutor.htm

Improving Network Security By Means of Secure Gateways (or Firewalls)

http://csrc.nist.gov/nistpubs/800-7/node154.html

Keeping your site comfortably secure: An Introduction to Internet Firewalls

http://csrc.ncsl.nist.gov/nistpubs/800-10/

Encryption methods

Cisco Network Encryption

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/732/Security/ncryp_wp.htm

Data Encryption Techniques

http://www.catalog.com/sft/encrypt.html

Introduction to Cryptography

http://www.cs.hut.fi/ssh/crypto/intro.html

Cryptographic Algorithms

http://www.cs.hut.fi/ssh/crypto/algorithms.html

Cryptographic Protocols and Standards

http://www.cs.hut.fi/ssh/crypto/protocols.html

15.2.5 Antivirus software

CNET features - how to - virus - antivirus software

http://www.cnet.com/Content/Features/Howto/Virus/ss08.html

AntiVirus Resources

http://www.hitchhikers.net/av.shtml

15.2.6 Digital signatures

Digital Signature Guidelines Tutorial

http://www.abanet.org/scitech/ec/isc/dsg-tutorial.html

Digital Signature - Your ID on The WWW

http://www.cosmo21.com/wind/news/w0796_05.htm

Digital Signature Scheme ISO 9796

http://www.ewos.be/sec/gdss.htm

Digital Signature Tutorial

http://www.commerce.state.ut.us/web/commerce/digsig/tutorl.htm

 

16 Client/Server Applications

16.1 Client/Server Architecture

Client/Server: Past, Present and Future

http://www.dciexpo.com/geos/dbsejava.htm

How do you decide between a two-tier, three-tier, thin or fat client architecture?

http://www.pmp.co.uk/dec12.htm

Client/Server

http://www.nsmarts.com/whitepapers/

Client/Server White Paper

http://www.sigma1.com/dev/dev_cswhite_paper.html

Types Of Client/server Architecture

http://www.personal.kent.edu/~jnattey/spag11.16.htm

A Comparison of Two and Three Tier Systems

http://web.syr.edu/~jmgallau/cccsa.html

16.2 Client/Server Operating Systems

Network Operating Systems

http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/network/software.htm

UNIX

UNIX-TCP/IP –NFS

http://www.compucom.com/trg/trg4h.html

What is Linux?

http://www.li.org/Introduction/linux.html

Windows

MS Windows for Workgroups

http://www.compucom.com/trg/trg4f.html

Windows NT

MS Windows NT Server

http://www.compucom.com/trg/trg4e.html

Comparative Descriptions of NetWare and Windows NT Server

http://www.netware.com/discover/can4comd.htm

Novell

Novell Netware

http://www.compucom.com/trg/trg4f.html

The Network Operating System

http://www.novell.com/catalog/primer/prim06.html

Mac OS

Mac OS 8: Overview of Features

http://www.macos.apple.com/macos8/macos8_features.html

16.3 Client/Server Middleware technologies

Middleware

http://www8.zdnet.com/pcmag/issues/1506/pcmg0089.htm

Middleware White Paper

http://www.openvms.digital.com/openvms/whitepapers/middleware/isgmidwar html

 

17 Multimedia Applications

17.1 Internet/Web Phone

FAQ: How can I use the Internet as a telephone?

http://rpcp.mit.edu/~asears/voice-faq.html

Reliable Audio for Use over the Internet

http://www-mice.cs.ucl.ac.uk/mice/publications/inet95_paper/

The Internet Telephony Consortium

http://rpcp.mit.edu/~itel/

17.2 Video Conferencing

Desktop Video Conferencing

http://www.broadband-guide.com/news/dhnewssept96/dh1.html

Computers & Videoconferencing by Bryan Reese

http://www.credible.com/randoma2.html

Introduction to Videoconferencing and the MBONE

http://www-itg.lbl.gov/~clarsen/vconf/vconf-faq.html

Desktop Videoconferencing

http://www2.ncsu.edu/eos/service/ece/project/succeed_info/larettin/thesis/toc.html

Videoconferencing FAQ

http://www.bitscout.com/faqtoc.htm

International Multimedia Teleconferencing Consortium, Inc. (IMTC)

http://www.imtc.org/

 

18 High-Speed Networking

18.1. Overview

High Speed Networks: Technologies Group

http://isdn.ncsl.nist.gov/

18.2 Fast Ethernet

Fast Ethernet Research Paper

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/2322/fastethernet.html

100 Megabit Fast Ethernet white paper

http://www.asante.com/Press/wpfast.html

100Base-T and 100VG-AnyLAN technologies paper

http://www.compaq.com/support/techpubs/whitepapers/407a0796.html

Fast Ethernet Consortium home page

http://www.iol.unh.edu/consortiums/fe/index.html

Fast Ethernet Overview and Deployment Guide

http://www.intel.com/network/doc/6354/index.htm

Fast Ethernet technology - white paper

http://www.smc.com/fe/fetech.html

Fast Ethernet tutorial

http://www.lantronix.com/htmfiles/whitepapers/lfrwp.htm

18.3 FDDI

FDDI Explained

http://advicom.net/~nmuller/fddi.html

FDDI FAQ

http://sholeh.nswc.navy.mil/x3t12/FDDIFAQ.html

A paper on FDDI

http://www-win.uniinc.msk.ru/tech1/1995/fddi/fddi.htm

Building FDDI Networks

http://www.osicom.com/wp/build.htm

18.4 ATM

ATM primer

http://www.npac.syr.edu/users/dpk/ATM_Knowledgebase/getting_started.html

A Brief Tutorial on ATM

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/121/5.html

ATM white paper

http://www.3com.com/nsc/500374b.html

Asynchronous Transfer Mode ( ATM )

http://www.cs.bsu.edu/homepages/vreddy/cs637/atm.html

ATM LAN Emulation

http://www.3com.com/nsc/500600.html

18.5 HIPPI

HIPPI in Detail

http://eantc.prz.tu-berlin.de/INFOSYS/hippi/detail/index.html

HIPPI Standards

http://www.noc.lanl.gov/land/project/hippistd.html

The HIPPI Protocol

http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/%7Ejain/cis788/hippi/index.html

HIPPI - The first gigabit/sec standard network channel.

http://juggler.lanl.gov/lanp/hiphis.html

HIPPI 101 -- a slide presentation on HIPPI fundamentals

http://juggler.lanl.gov/lanp/hippi-101/index.htm

18.6 Gigabit Ethernet

Gigabit Ethernet

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/729/gigabit/ggeth_sd.htm

Gigabit Ethernet overview

http://www.gigabit-ethernet.org/technology/whitepapers/gige_97/

ATM vs. Gigabit Ethernet

http://www.data.com/tutorials/backbones.html

 

19 Networking Trends and Futures

19.1 Technologies

Scaling the Internet With Tag Switching

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/732/tag/pjtag_wp.html

Wiring Closet Migration

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/729/c5000/ci_wp.htm

19.2 Applications and Services

Video Over ATM and Existing Networks

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/730/General/vatm_wp.htm

19.3 Ipv6

Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6)

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/732/ipv6/ipv6_wp.html

Planning a Migration to IP Version 6

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/774/html

19.4 Multimedia

Networked Multimedia Overview

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/614/19.html

Video Encoding Standards

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/614/20.html

Multimedia Networking Now

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/674/html

New Applications for Networked Multimedia

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/674/html

Multimedia Networking Software: Tailoring Today’s IP Networks for Streaming Data

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/751/iptv/iptv_wp.htm

19.5 NIC Software Barriers

Analyzer Wards Off ATM Future Shock

http://www.data.com/Hot_Products/ATM/Analyzer_Wards_Off.html

19.6 Network protocols

Which Routing Protocol Should I Use?

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/417/2html

ATM Internetworking

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/614/1html

Network Protocols

http://support.baynetworks.com/Library/tpubs/content/893_741B/893_74cc.htm

19.7 Quality of Service(QoS)

Building Consistent Quality of Service into the Network

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/674/html

Papers

http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~dew6c/papers.html

Internet Protocol Quality of Service Problem Statement

http://dsinternic.net/internet-drafts/draft-bradner-qos-problem-00.txt

 

20 Network Integration & Design Methodologies

20.1 Enterprise Network Design

Internetworking Design Basics

http://www.ij.com/univercd/data/doc/cintrnet/idg/57512.htm

Designing Your Network for Internet Access

http://techweb.cmp.com/nc/netdesign/outline.htm

20.2 Case Studies

K-12 - International Business and Technology Program

http://www.baynetworks.com/Solutions/Education/graydon.html

K-12 - Merrimack Education Center (MEC)

http://www.baynetworks.com/Solutions/Education/mec.html

NASA Classroom of the Future (COTF)

http://www.baynetworks.com/Solutions/Education/nasa.html

Education K-12 - The San Diego Unified School District

http://www.baynetworks.com/Solutions/Education/sandiego.html

Case Study: Internet

http://www.baynetworks.com/Corporate/Solutions/Internet/expo.html

PeachNet: The University System of Georgia Network

http://www.baynetworks.com/Corporate/Solutions/Education/peach.html

Desktop ATM Case Study

http://www.lantimes.com/96sep/609b080b.html

Small Enterprise

Cisco Small/Medium Business Solutions

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/779/smbiz/accounting/index.html

Medium Enterprise

Campus Network Design Case Study

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/729/c5000/netdn_wp.htm