CMSC 417-0201

CMSC 417-0201

Logistics

Please read the syllabus

Instructor

Dr. Michael Marsh
3441 A.V. Williams
mmarsh AT cs
240-270-2276
x5-7445

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Andrew Pachulski
see Piazza for contact information

Undergraduate Teaching Assistants

Andrew Liu
Toby Lin

Schedule

Lectures

Tu,Th 3:30-4:45
CSI 2107

Office Hours

Marsh: Friday, 2-3pm (or by appointment)
AVW 3441
Pachulski: Tuesday, 8-10am (or by appointment)
AVW 4103
Liu: Monday, 1-2pm
AVW 4103
Lin: Wednesday, 3:15-4:30pm
AVW 4103

In-Class Exams

3/7
4/27 (answer key)

Assignments/Projects

Dates subject to change. Please contact Dr. Marsh if you need accommodation on any of these dates.

Assignment	Issue Date	Due Date
0: VM Setup	1/26	—
1: Echo Client	1/31	2/14
2: Simple Server	2/16	3/2
3.0: Routing Table (and public tests)	3/9	4/6
3.1: Routing Core (public tests)	4/6	4/20
3.2: Messages	4/20	5/11
3.3: Project Write-up	—	5/11

Required Textbook

Computer Networks: A Systems Approach, 5th Edition (4th Edition also acceptable)
Larry Peterson and Bruce Davie
Morgan Kaufmann, 2011
ISBN 978-0123850591

Recommended Supplementary Texts

The first text is strongly recommended, while the others are more for supplemental reference. Older or newer editions of these are also good.

★TCP/IP Sockets in C: A Practical Guide for Programmers, 2nd Edition
Jeff Donahoo and Ken Calvert
Morgan Kaufmann, 2009
ISBN 978-0123745408

Computer Networking: A Top Down Approach Featuring the Internet, 5th Edition
Jim Kurose and Keith Ross
Addison-Wesley, 2009
ISBN 978-0136079675

TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1
W. Richard Stevens
Addison-Wesley
ISBN 0-201-63346-9

You Might Also Find Useful...

Red Team Field Manual
Ben Clark
ISBN 978-1494295509

This is not listed as an official textbook for the course, but it has a lot of useful information. It is primarily a collection of quick references, including a number of network tools and operating system commands. It's about $10 on Amazon, and I'm happy to let you flip through my copy to see if it looks like something you would want to buy.