Introduction 1-1

Chapter 1: Introduction roadmap

1.1 What is the Internet?1.2 Network edge

end systems, access networks, links

1.3 Network core circuit switching, packet switching, network structure

1.5 Protocol layers, service models1.6 Networks under attack: security

Introduction 1-2

What’s the Internet: “nuts and bolts” view

millions of connected computing devices: hosts = end systems running network

apps Home network

Institutional network

Mobile network

Global ISP

Regional ISP

router

communication links fiber, copper,

radio, satellite transmission rate

= bandwidth

routers: forward packets (chunks of data)

wiredlinks

wirelesslinks

smartphone

PC

server

wirelesslaptop

Introduction 1-3

“ Cool” internet appliances (Internet of Things, IOT)

Internet phones

Radio Frequency

Identification(RFID)

Internet gaming, chatting

Computer in refrigerator

Tweet-a-watt: monitor energy use

Nest Thermostat

Introduction 1-4

What’s the Internet: “nuts and bolts” view protocols control sending,

receiving of msgs e.g., TCP, IP, HTTP, Skype,

Ethernet

Internet: “network of networks” loosely hierarchical public Internet versus

private intranet

Internet standards RFC: Request for comments IETF: Internet Engineering

Task Force

Home network

Institutional network

Mobile network

Global ISP

Regional ISP

Introduction 1-5

What’s a protocol?human protocols: “what’s the time?” “I have a question” introductions

… specific msgs sent… specific actions

taken when msgs received, or other events

network protocols: machines rather than

humans all communication

activity in Internet governed by protocols

protocols define format, order of msgs sent and

received among network entities, and actions taken on msg transmission, receipt

Introduction 1-6

What’s a protocol?a human protocol and a computer network protocol:

Hi

Hi

Got thetime?

2:00

TCP connection request

TCP connectionresponseGet http://www.awl.com/kurose-ross

<file>time

Introduction 1-7

Chapter 1: roadmap

1.1 What is the Internet?1.2 Network edge

end systems, access networks, links

1.3 Network core circuit switching, packet switching, network structure

1.4 Delay, loss and throughput in packet-switched networks

1.5 Protocol layers, service models1.6 Networks under attack: security1.7 History

Introduction 1-8

A closer look at network structure:

network edge: applications and hosts

access networks, physical media: wired, wireless communication links network core: interconnected

routers network of networks

Introduction 1-9

Access networks and physical media

Q: How to connect end systems to edge router?

residential access nets institutional access

networks (school, company)

mobile access networks

Keep in mind: bandwidth (bits per

second) of access network?

shared or dedicated?

Introduction 1-10

Residential access: point to point access Dialup via modem

up to 56Kbps direct access to router (often less)

Can’t surf and phone at same time: can’t be “always on”

DSL: digital subscriber line < 2.5 Mbps upstream transmission rate (typically

< 1 Mbps) < 24 Mbps downstream transmission rate

(typically < 10 Mbps) Why asymmetric ? Why not 0 bps for upstream?

Introduction

Access net: digital subscriber line (DSL)

central office

ISP

telephonenetwork

DSLAM

voice, data transmittedat different frequencies over

dedicated line to central office

use existing telephone line to central office DSLAM data over DSL phone line goes to Internet voice over DSL phone line goes to telephone net

Different ages of phone lines may have different capacities Your house may not have the new lines that support the

top speed in ads

DSLmodem

splitter

DSL access multiplexer

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Introduction

Access net: cable network

cablemodem

splitter

…

cable headend

Channels

VIDEO

VIDEO

VIDEO

VIDEO

VIDEO

VIDEO

DATA

DATA

CONTROL

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

frequency division multiplexing: different channels transmittedin different frequency bands

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Introduction

Access net: home network

to/from headend or central office

cable or DSL modem

router, firewall, NAT

wired Ethernet (100 Mbps)

wireless access point (54 Mbps)

wirelessdevices

often combined in single box

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Introduction 1-14

Physical Media

Bit: propagates betweentransmitter/rcvr pairs

physical link: what lies between transmitter & receiver

guided media: signals propagate in solid

media: copper, fiber, coax

unguided media: signals propagate freely,

e.g., radio

Twisted Pair (TP) two insulated copper

wires Category 5: 100

Mbps, 1 Gpbs Ethernet

Category 6: 10Gbps Why twisted?

Introduction 1-15

Physical Media: coax, fiber

Coaxial cable: two concentric copper

conductors bidirectional baseband:

single channel on cable legacy Ethernet

broadband: multiple channels on

cable HFC

Fiber optic cable: glass fiber carrying light

pulses, each pulse a bit high-speed operation:

10’s-100’s Gps

low error rate: immune to electromagnetic noise

Why lights not go out?

From Google Image: Optical Fiber Cable

Introduction 1-16

Introduction 1-17

Physical media: radio

signal carried in electromagnetic spectrum

no physical “wire” bidirectional propagation

environment effects: reflection obstruction by objects interference

Radio link types: terrestrial microwave

e.g. up to 45 Mbps channels

LAN (e.g., Wifi) 11Mbps, 54 Mbps

wide-area (e.g., cellular) 3G cellular: ~ 1 Mbps 4G (LTE): ~ 1 Gbps (??)

satellite Kbps to 45Mbps channel (or multiple

smaller channels) 280 msec end-end delay geosynchronous versus low altitude

From Google Image: Cellular Tower

Introduction 1-18

Cell tower

Microwave dishes

Wireless Sensor Network

Introduction 1-19

Sensor Motehttp://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/IPRO/Summary/Old.summaries/03abstracts/polastre.1.html

Wild life sensor

Sensor nodes monitor nearby environment and send back sensed information

Battlefield sensor networkhttp://www.cotsjournalonline.com/articles/view/102158

Wireless Ad Hoc Network

Decentralized network No fixed network infrastructure, routers Mostly nodes are mobile

Introduction 1-20

Emergency ad hoc network

Unmanned mini helicopter with wireless relay node

Harvard School’s Project: Kilobot (mimic a swarm of fish)

Introduction 1-21

http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/ssr/projects/progSA/kilobot.html

Introduction 1-22

Chapter 1: roadmap

1.1 What is the Internet?1.2 Network edge

end systems, access networks, links

1.3 Network core circuit switching, packet switching, network structure

1.4 Delay, loss and throughput in packet-switched networks

1.5 Protocol layers, service models1.6 Networks under attack: security1.7 History

Introduction 1-23

The Network Core

mesh of interconnected routers

the fundamental question: how is data transferred through net? circuit switching:

dedicated circuit per call: telephone net

packet-switching: data sent thru net in discrete “chunks”

Introduction 1-24

Network Core: Circuit Switching

network resources (e.g., bandwidth) divided into “pieces”

pieces allocated to calls

resource piece idle if not used by owning call (no sharing)

dividing link bandwidth into “pieces” frequency divisiontime division

Introduction 1-25

Circuit Switching: FDM and TDM

FDM

frequency

timeTDM (GSM uses this)

frequency

time

4 users

Example:

TDMA: Time Division Multiplexing Access

Introduction 1-26

Network Core: Packet Switchingeach end-end data stream

divided into packets user A, B packets share

network resources

each packet uses full link bandwidth

resources used as needed

Bandwidth division into “pieces”Dedicated allocationResource reservation

A

B

C

D

Introduction 1-27

resource contention: aggregate resource demand can exceed amount

available congestion: packets queue, wait for link use store and forward: packets move one hop at a time

Node receives complete packet before forwarding

Network Core: Packet Switching

A

B

C

D

Network Layer 4-28

Two key network-core functions

forwarding: move packets from router’s input to appropriate router output

routing: determines source-destination route taken by packets

routing algorithms

routing algorithm

local forwarding table

header value output link

0100010101111001

3221

1

23

0111

dest address in arrivingpacket’s header

Introduction

Packet switching versus circuit switching

example: 1 Mb/s link each user:

• 100 kb/s when “active”• active 10% of time

circuit-switching: 10 users

packet switching: with 35 users, probability

> 10 active at same time is less than .0004 *

packet switching allows more users to use network!

N users

1 Mbps link

Q: how did we get value 0.0004?

Q: what happens if > 35 users ?

…..

1-29* Check out the online interactive exercises for more examples

Introduction 1-30

Packet switching versus circuit switching

Great for bursty data resource sharing simpler, no call setup

Excessive congestion: packet delay and loss protocols needed for reliable data transfer,

congestion control Q: How to provide circuit-like behavior?

bandwidth guarantees needed for audio/video apps

QoS – Quality of Service still an unsolved problem (chapter 7)

Is packet switching a “slam dunk winner?”

Internet structure: network of networks

End systems connect to Internet via access ISPs (Internet Service Providers) Residential, company and university ISPs

Access ISPs in turn must be interconnected. So that any two hosts can send packets to each other

Resulting network of networks is very complex Evolution was driven by economics and national policies

Let’s take a stepwise approach to describe current Internet structure

Internet structure: network of networks

Question: given millions of access ISPs, how to connect them together?

accessnet

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Internet structure: network of networks

Option: connect each access ISP to every other access ISP?

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connecting each access ISP to each other directly doesn’t scale:

O(N2) connections.

Internet structure: network of networks

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Option: connect each access ISP to a global transit ISP? Customer and provider ISPs have economic agreement.

globalISP

Internet structure: network of networks

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But if one global ISP is viable business, there will be competitors ….

ISP B

ISP A

ISP C

Internet structure: network of networks

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But if one global ISP is viable business, there will be competitors …. which must be interconnected

ISP B

ISP A

ISP C

IXP

IXP

peering link

Internet exchange point

Internet structure: network of networks

accessnet

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… and regional networks may arise to connect access nets to ISPs

ISP B

ISP A

ISP C

IXP

IXP

regional net

Internet structure: network of networks

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… and content provider networks (e.g., Google, Microsoft, Akamai ) may run their own network, to bring services, content close to end users

ISP B

ISP A

ISP B

IXP

IXP

regional net

Content provider network

Introduction

Internet structure: network of networks

at center: small # of well-connected large networks “tier-1” commercial ISPs (e.g., Level 3, Sprint, AT&T, NTT),

national & international coverage content provider network (e.g, Google): private network that

connects its data centers to Internet, often bypassing tier-1, regional ISPs

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accessISP

accessISP

accessISP

accessISP

accessISP

accessISP

accessISP

accessISP

Regional ISP Regional ISP

IXP IXP

Tier 1 ISP Tier 1 ISP Google

IXP

Introduction

Tier-1 ISP: e.g., Sprint

…

to/from customers

peering

to/from backbone

…

………

POP: point-of-presence

1-40

Introduction 1-41

“ Real” Internet delays and routes What do “real” Internet delay & loss look like? Traceroute program: provides delay

measurement from source to router along end-end Internet path towards destination. For all i: sends three packets that will reach router i on path

towards destination router i will return packets to sender sender times interval between transmission and reply.

3 probes

3 probes

3 probes

Introduction 1-42

“ Real” Internet delays and routes

1 cs-gw (128.119.240.254) 1 ms 1 ms 2 ms2 border1-rt-fa5-1-0.gw.umass.edu (128.119.3.145) 1 ms 1 ms 2 ms3 cht-vbns.gw.umass.edu (128.119.3.130) 6 ms 5 ms 5 ms4 jn1-at1-0-0-19.wor.vbns.net (204.147.132.129) 16 ms 11 ms 13 ms 5 jn1-so7-0-0-0.wae.vbns.net (204.147.136.136) 21 ms 18 ms 18 ms 6 abilene-vbns.abilene.ucaid.edu (198.32.11.9) 22 ms 18 ms 22 ms7 nycm-wash.abilene.ucaid.edu (198.32.8.46) 22 ms 22 ms 22 ms8 62.40.103.253 (62.40.103.253) 104 ms 109 ms 106 ms9 de2-1.de1.de.geant.net (62.40.96.129) 109 ms 102 ms 104 ms10 de.fr1.fr.geant.net (62.40.96.50) 113 ms 121 ms 114 ms11 renater-gw.fr1.fr.geant.net (62.40.103.54) 112 ms 114 ms 112 ms12 nio-n2.cssi.renater.fr (193.51.206.13) 111 ms 114 ms 116 ms13 nice.cssi.renater.fr (195.220.98.102) 123 ms 125 ms 124 ms14 r3t2-nice.cssi.renater.fr (195.220.98.110) 126 ms 126 ms 124 ms15 eurecom-valbonne.r3t2.ft.net (193.48.50.54) 135 ms 128 ms 133 ms16 194.214.211.25 (194.214.211.25) 126 ms 128 ms 126 ms17 * * *18 * * *19 fantasia.eurecom.fr (193.55.113.142) 132 ms 128 ms 136 ms

traceroute: gaia.cs.umass.edu to www.eurecom.frThree delay measurements from gaia.cs.umass.edu to cs-gw.cs.umass.edu

* means no response (probe lost, router not replying)

trans-oceaniclink

Under Windows is “tracert”

Introduction 1-43

Traceroute from My Home Computer (last year)

Traceroute from My Home Computer (another time)

Introduction 1-44

Introduction 1-45

Online Traceroute Tools

Because UCF campus network blocks all ICMP packets, you need an outside machine to try it. Try on http://tools.pingdom.com/ping/ Try from different countries from

www.traceroute.org Check traceroute virtual path at:

• http://traceroute.monitis.com/

and• http://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/visual-tracert/

Introduction 1-46

Introduction 1-47

Chapter 1: roadmap

1.1 What is the Internet?1.2 Network edge

end systems, access networks, links

1.3 Network core circuit switching, packet switching, network structure

1.4 Delay, loss and throughput in packet-switched networks

1.5 Protocol layers, service models1.6 Networks under attack: security1.7 History

Introduction 1-48

Protocol “Layers”Networks are

complex! many “pieces”:

hosts routers links of various

media applications protocols hardware,

software

Question: Is there any hope of organizing structure of

network?

Or at least our discussion of networks?

Introduction 1-49

Why layering?Dealing with complex systems: explicit structure allows identification,

relationship of complex system’s pieces layered reference model for discussion

modularization eases maintenance, updating of system change of implementation of layer’s service

transparent to rest of system e.g., change in gate procedure doesn’t

affect rest of system layering considered harmful?

Duplicate functions

Introduction 1-50

Internet protocol stack application: supporting network

applications FTP, SMTP, STTP

transport: host-host data transfer TCP, UDP

network: routing of datagrams from source to destination IP, routing protocols

link: data transfer between neighboring network elements PPP, Ethernet

physical: bits “on the wire”

application

transport

network

link

physical

Introduction 1-51

ISO/OSI reference model presentation: allow applications

to interpret meaning of data, e.g., encryption, compression, machine-specific conventions

session: synchronization, checkpointing, recovery of data exchange

Internet stack “missing” these layers! these services, if needed, must

be implemented in application needed?

application

presentation

session

transport

network

link

physical

Introduction 1-52

messagesegment

datagram

frame

sourceapplicatio

ntransportnetwork

linkphysical

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destination

application

transportnetwork

linkphysical

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networklink

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Encapsulation

Introduction 1-53

Chapter 1: roadmap

1.1 What is the Internet?1.2 Network edge

end systems, access networks, links

1.3 Network core circuit switching, packet switching, network structure

1.4 Delay, loss and throughput in packet-switched networks

1.5 Protocol layers, service models1.6 Networks under attack: security1.7 History

Introduction 1-54

Network Security attacks on Internet infrastructure:

infecting/attacking hosts: malware, spyware, worms, unauthorized access (data stealing, user accounts)

denial of service: deny access to resources (servers, link bandwidth)

Internet not originally designed with (much) security in mind original vision: “a group of mutually trusting

users attached to a transparent network” Internet protocol designers playing “catch-up” Security considerations in all layers!

Introduction 1-55

What can bad guys do: malware? Spyware:

infection by downloading web page with spyware

records keystrokes, web sites visited, upload info to collection site

Virus infection by receiving

object (e.g., e-mail attachment), actively executing

self-replicating: propagate itself to other hosts, users

Worm: infection by passively

receiving object that gets itself executed

self- replicating: propagates to other hosts, usersSapphire Worm: aggregate scans/sec

in first 5 minutes of outbreak (CAIDA, UWisc data)

Introduction 1-56

Denial of service attacks attackers make resources (server, bandwidth)

unavailable to legitimate traffic by overwhelming resource with bogus traffic

1. select target

2. break into hosts around the network (see malware)

3. send packets toward target from compromised hosts

target

Introduction 1-57

Sniff, modify, delete your packetsPacket sniffing:

broadcast media (shared Ethernet, wireless) promiscuous network interface reads/records all packets

(e.g., including passwords!) passing by

A

B

C

src:B dest:A payload

Ethereal software used for end-of-chapter labs is a (free) packet-sniffer

more on modification, deletion later

Introduction 1-58

Masquerade as you IP spoofing: send packet with false source

address

A

B

C

src:B dest:A payload

Introduction 1-59

Masquerade as you IP spoofing: send packet with false source address record-and-playback: sniff sensitive info (e.g., password),

and use later password holder is that user from system point of view

A

B

C

src:B dest:A user: B; password: foo

Introduction 1-60

Masquerade as you IP spoofing: send packet with false source address record-and-playback: sniff sensitive info (e.g., password),

and use later password holder is that user from system point of view

A

B

later …..C

src:B dest:A user: B; password: foo

Introduction 1-61

Network Security more throughout this course chapter 8: focus on security cryptographic techniques

Introduction 1-62

Chapter 1: roadmap

1.1 What is the Internet?1.2 Network edge

end systems, access networks, links

1.3 Network core circuit switching, packet switching, network structure

1.4 Delay, loss and throughput in packet-switched networks

1.5 Protocol layers, service models1.6 Networks under attack: security1.7 History

Introduction 1-63

Chapter 1: roadmap

1.1 What is the Internet?1.2 Network edge

end systems, access networks, links

1.3 Network core circuit switching, packet switching, network structure

1.4 Delay, loss and throughput in packet-switched networks

1.5 Protocol layers, service modelsAdded: cellular and mobile technologies1.6 Networks under attack: security1.7 History

Cellular and mobile technologies

Overview of smart phone technologies Overview of IOS and Andriod operating

systems Mobile protocols Mobile logical channel descriptions,

registration procedures, encryptions standards

Mobile identifiers, and Location-based Services

Introduction 1-64

Introduction 1-65

Introduction: SummaryCovered a lot of material! Internet overview what’s a protocol? network edge, core,

access network packet-switching

versus circuit-switching

Internet structure performance: loss,

delay, throughput layering, service models security history

You now have: context, overview,

“feel” of networking more depth, detail

to follow!