CS456/556 - Internet Services Final Exam Study Guide

Test Format - Take-home (Questions will be posted on Thursday, Dec. 2 at 5 p.m.; all answers must be e-mailed by 5 p.m. Dec. 9th to summers_wayne@ColumbusState.edu)

• Hands-on Exercises (100 pts)
  • Telnet (including questions about Apache web server) - 30 pts.
  • E-mail (using pine) - 10 pts.
  • FTP - 10 pts.
  • Web page (50 pts) [you may use any software you wish to create the page, but points will be deducted for sloppy HTML]
    • images
    • links
    • lists
    • tables
    • frames
    • forms
    • style sheets
• Short Answer and Essay Questions (100 pts)
  • material from the Internet book
  • material from chapters 1-9 of the IIS book
  • lab assignments
  • general questions about the Internet in today's world
  • There may also be a question on the material posted by the graduate students in the class.

Study Material

The INTERNET Book

1. Chapter 1 - The Internet Has Arrived
   PART I    Introduction To Networking
2. Chapter 2 - Telephones Everywhere
3. Chapter 3 - The World Was Once Analog
4. Chapter 4 - The Once and Future Digital Network
5. Chapter 5 - Basic Communications
6. Chapter 6 - The Local Area Network Arrives
   PART II    Brief History Of The Internet
7. Chapter 7 - Internet: The Early Years
8. Chapter 8 - A Decade of Incredible Growth
9. Chapter 9 - The Global Internet
10. Chapter 10 - A Global Information Infrastructure
    PART III    How The Internet Works
11. Chapter 11 - Packet Switching
12. Chapter 12 - Internet: A Network of Networks
13. Chapter 13 - IP: Software To Create A Virtual Network
14. Chapter 14 - TCP: Software For Reliable Communications
15. Chapter 15 - Clients + Servers = Distributed Computing
16. Chapter 16 - Names For Computers
17. Chapter 17 - Why The Internet Works Well PART IV    Services Available on The Internet
18. Chapter 18 - Electronic Mail
19. Chapter 19 - Bulletin Board Services (Network News)
20. Chapter 20 - File Transfer (FTP)
21. Chapter 21 - Remote Login (TELNET)
22. Chapter 22 - Browsing The World Wide Web
23. Chapter 23 - World Wide Web Documents (HTML)
24. Chapter 24 - Advanced Web Technologies
25. Chapter 25 - Automated Web Search (Search engines)
26. Chapter 26 - Audio and Video Communication
27. Chapter 27 - The Global Digital Library

1. Chapter 1 - Introducing MS IIS 4.0
2. Chapter 2 - IIS 4.0 Architecture
3. Chapter 3 - Installing IIS
4. Chapter 4 - Configuring the WWW Service
5. Chapter 5 - Configuring the FTP Service
6. Chapter 6 - IIS Security
7. Chapter 7 - Enhancing Security Through Authentication and Encryption
8. Chapter 8 - Virtual Directories, Virtual Servers, and Active Server Pages
9. Chapter 9 - Managing and Tuning IIS

Terms / Concepts

Internet	E-Rate	modem	telecommunications
analog/digital communications	ASCII	LAN	WAN
ARPANET	backbone network	TCP/IP Internet Protocol Suite	TCP/IP
RFCs	Open Systems	protocols	UNIX
IAB	IEFT	IP addresses	Domain Names
BITNET	FIDONET	X.25	EBONE
packet switching	routers	CSU/DSU	e-mail
SMTP	POP-3	client	server
headers	discussion groups	BBSs	Network News
ftp	telnet	WWW	hypermedia
URL	HTTP	HTML	browser
bookmarks	CGI	Java	ASP
bandwidth throttling	certificates	firewall	ISP
JavaScript	MMC	Option Pack	Service Pack
PWS	IIS	persistent connection	RAS
SSL	Inetinfo	DHCP	DNS
intranet	extranet	Exchange Server	Frontpage
Apache	Unix	anonymous user	access permission
connection	directory browsing	event logging	connection timeout
encryption	streaming audio / video	digital signature

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