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