# Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach

### Chapter 1. Computer Network and the Internet 

* 1.1 What Is the Internet?
* 1.2 The Network Edge
* 1.3 The Network Core
* 1.4 Delay, Loss, and Throughput in Packet-Switched Networks 
* 1.5 Protocol Layers and Their Service Models 
* 1.6 Networks Under Attack 
* 1.7 History of Computer Networking and the Internet 
* 1.8 Summary 

### Chapter 2. Application Layer 

* 2.1 Principles of Network Applications 
* 2.2 The Web and HTTP
* 2.3 File Transfer: FTP
* 2.4 Electronic Mail in the Internet 
* 2.5 DNS - The Internet's Directory Service 
* 2.6 Peer-to-Peer Applications 
* 2.7 Socket Programming: Creating Network Applications 
* 2.8 Summary 

### Chapter 3. Transport Layer 

* 3.1 Introduction and Transport-Layer Services 
* 3.2 Multiplexing and Demultiplexing 
* 3.3 Connectionless Transport: UDP
* 3.4 Principles of Reliable Data Transfer 
* 3.5 Connection-Oriented Transport: TCP 
* 3.6 Principles of Congestion Control
* 3.7 TCP Congestion Control 
* 3.8 Summary 

### Chapter 4. The Network Layer 

* 4.1 Introduction
* 4.2 Virtual Circuit and Datagram Networks 
* 4.3 What's Inside a Router?
* 4.4 The Internet Protocol (IP): Forwarding and Addressing in the Internet 
* 4.5 Routing Algorithms 
* 4.6 Routing in the Internet
* 4.7 Broadcast and Multicast Routing 
* 4.8 Summary 

### Chapter 5. The Link Layer: Links, Access networks, and LANs 

* 5.1 Introduction to the Link Layer
* 5.2 Error-Detection and -Correction Techniques 
* 5.3 Multiple Access Links and Protocols 
* 5.4 Switches Local Area Networks 
* 5.5 Link Virtualization: A Network as a Link Layer 
* 5.6 Data Center Networking 
* 5.7 Retrospective: A Day in the Life of a Web Page Request 
* 5.8 Summary 

### Chapter 6. Wireless and Mobile Networks 

* 6.1 Introduction
* 6.2 Wireless Links and Network Characteristics 
* 6.3 WiFi: 802.11 Wireless LANs 
* 6.4 Cellular Internet Access 
* 6.5 Mobility Management: Principles 
* 6.6 Mobile IP
* 6.7 Managing Mobility in Cellular Networks 
* 6.8 Wireless and Mobility: Impact on Higher-Layer Protocols 
* 6.9 Summary 

### Chapter 7. Multimedia Networking

* 7.1 Multimedia Networking Applications
* 7.2 Streaming Stored Video 
* 7.3 Voice-over-IP
* 7.4 Protocols for Real-Time Conversational Applications 
* 7.5 Network Support for Multimedia 
* 7.6 Summary 

### Chapter 8. Security in Computer Networks 

* 8.1 What is network security?
* 8.2 Principles of Cryptography 
* 8.3 Message Integrity and Digital Signatures 
* 8.4 End-Point Authentication 
* 8.5 Securing E-Mail 
* 8.6 Securing TCP Connections: SSL 
* 8.7 Network-Layer Security: IPsec and Virtual Private Networks 
* 8.8 Securing Wireless LANs 
* 8.9 Operational Security: Firewalls and Intrusion Detection Systems 
* 8.10 Summary 

### Chapter 9. Network Management 

* 9.1 What is Network Management?
* 9.2 The Infrastructure for Network Management 
* 9.3 The Internet-Standard Management Framework 
* 9.4 ASN.1
* 9.5 Conclusion