Internet and Intranet Fundamentals

Internet and Intranet Fundamentals

William R. Mussatto

Topics

• Get Acquainted– Introductions

• Course Overview– books– syllabus

• Expectations– homework, tests, grades

• Lesson 1

Introductions

• William R. Mussatto– Senior Systems Engineer, CyberStrategies, Inc.

• Upland

• Internet Presence Provider

• Software and Database-Enabled Web Sites

• E-commerce

– M.S. CIS from Boston University– Retired USAF Computer Systems Staff Officer

Introductions

• Expertise– Design and Manages Internet Hosting Systems– Develop/Customize Backend Software for

Web-Sites– Large Real-time Imbedded systems, linking

sites in several States.

Introductions

• Contact Information (in order of preference)– email: mussatto@csz.com– Work Phone: 909-920-9154 Ext. 27– Home Phone: 909-626-3777– web

• company: http://www.csz.com/

• course: http://www.csz.com/iifund/

Introductions

• Spend 10-15 minutes getting acquainted– name– where you live– where you work– what you do for a living– why you are taking this course

• Report back to the group

Course Overview

• Dates: Apr 3 - Jun 19

• Tuesdays: 6:30 - 9:30 PM

• Session A: 6:30 - 8:00

• Break: 8:00 - 8:15

• Session B: 8:15 - 9:30

Course OverviewTextbooks

• The Internet Book : Everything You Need to Know About Computer Networking and How the Internet Works; Douglas E. Comer;Prentice Hall Computer Books; ISBN: 0138901619

• Intranets : What's the Bottom Line?; Randy J. Hinrichs; Prentice Hall Computer Books; ISBN: 0138411980

Course OverviewSyllabus

• Class 1 - Apr 3: – Course Overview– Background Material

Course OverviewSyllabus

• Class 2 - Apr 10– Client / Server Computing– The Internet, Part I

• History

• TCP/IP

Course OverviewSyllabus

• Class 3 - Apr 17– The Internet, Part I

• More TCP/IP

• Internet Architecture

• Regulation

Course OverviewSyllabus

• Class 4 - Apr 24– The Internet, Part II

• Principal Applications

• WWW, HTTP

• Telnet, FTP

Course OverviewSyllabus

• Class 5 - May 1– The Internet, Part III

• SMTP, POP, IMAN

• NNTP

• Telnet, FTP

• Review for Mid-Term

Course OverviewSyllabus

• Class 6 - May 8– Midterm Exam– Intranet Concepts

• Motivation and Business Case

• Various Definitions and Views

– Real World Examples

Course OverviewSyllabus

• Class 7 - May 15– Intranet Requirements Analysis

• Security Issues

• Firewall Concepts

• User Needs Analysis

Course OverviewSyllabus

• Class 8 - May 22– Intranet Design Tradeoffs

• Homogeneous Networks

• Make vs. Buy

Course OverviewSyllabus

• Class 9 - Jun 5– Intranet Implementation Issues

• Phasing in the Intranet

• Legacy Integration

• Required Skills and Tools

Course OverviewSyllabus

• Class 10 - Jun 12– Intranet Maintenance and Support

• Maintenance: Curse of Decentralized Computing

• Customer Helpdesk

• Content Generation, Control and Maintenance

• Network Management

– Intranet Technology Trends• Limitations of TCP/IP

• Real-Time and Multimedia Apps

• Virtual Corporations

Course OverviewSyllabus

• Class 11 - Jun 19– Final Exam

Expectations

• Final Counts 60%, Midterm 40%

• Exams will cover both text and in-class presentations

• True/False, Multiple Choice, Some Acronyms

• Please: no incompletes!!!