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Internet

Day 00 of 90

Where to Begin? Day 00 of the 90 days of web. Getting to undertand what the internet is, how and why it came around and the have a high level view of how it works

Intro

The internet is widely used today by averagely about 82% of the universe. I thought for a moment, how would life be in this century without the internet ? And felt so complelled to understand how it works.

Resources

  1. Google
  2. Youtube
  3. The Internet explained
  4. How does the internet work
  5. Introduction to the Internet
  6. The Internet in 5 minutes
  7. The Internet Engineering Task Force

Learning objectives

By the end of this session, you should be able to explain this concepts to a five year old.

  • A brief history of the internet
  • How the internet works
  • The internet infrustructure
  • Difference between the internet and the world wide web
  • Protocol stacks and packets
  • Internet routing hierarchy
  • How to use ping and traceroute commands and what happens in the hood when used
  • Domain Names, DNS Servers and name resolutions
  • what is IXP
  • What is ISP
  • What is NSP
  • What are IP Addresses
  • What is NAP
  • What is MAE

Wrapping up

  • The internet is an interconectivity of many networks
  • The internet came about as a research project of the APARNET for military use in the US, then it was adopted to connect major universities in the 1970's
  • The internet is not owned or regulated by anyone or any organizations. Some organizations like the IEFT and ICANN are however responsible for standardization in of the internet.

Bibliography

I found the following books and materials intriguing. Be sure the check 'em out.

  1. TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1, The Protocols. W. Richard Stevens. Addison-Wesley, Reading, Massachusetts. 1994.
  2. Encyclopedia of Networking. Tom Sheldon. Osbourne McGraw-Hill, New York. 1998.
  3. Firewalls and Internet Security; Repelling the Wiley Hacker. William R. Cheswick, Steven M. Bellovin. Addison-Wesley, Reading, Massachusetts. 1994.
  4. Data Communications, Computer Networks and Open Systems. Fourth Edition. Fred Halsall. Addison-Wesley, Harlow, England. 1996.
  5. Telecommunications: Protocols and Design. John D. Spragins with Joseph L. Hammond and Krzysztof Pawlikowski. Addison-Wesley, Reading, Massachusetts. 1992.

Thats it for today, see you in the next session