Computer Networks and Open Systems

Computer Networks and Open Systems: An Application Development Perspective covers principles, theory, and techniques of networks and open systems from a practical perspective, using real system and network applications as its basis. The selection of topics forms a core of material in computer networking, emphasizing methods and the environment for application development. The text aims to make readers immediately comfortable in today's networking environment while equipping them to keep pace in one of the fastest moving and most exciting areas of computer system development. Students will enter the study of networking through their own experience as a network users, and they will have the opportunity to practice the kind of networking tasks they will perform in the workplace.

• I. Fundamentals
• 1. Networked Computers
• 2. The Internet and the World Wide Web
• 3. ASN.1
• II. The Application Layer
• 4. The Application Layer: Common Elements
• 5. Applications: Electronic Messaging Systems
• 6. Virtual Terminals
• 7. File Access and Transfer
• 8. The Directory X.500 and LDAP
• III. The Supporting Structure
• 9. Encryption and Compression
• 10. Presentation and Session Layers
• 11. Transport Layer
• 12. Network Layer
• IV. The Lower Layers
• 13. Medium Access Control
• 14. Bridges between LANs
• 15. Logical Link Control and the Physical Layer
• A. Internet Archive Server
• B. A Review of HTML
• Bibliography
• Index