Spring 2021
ENSC 427: COMMUNICATION NETWORKS

Assignment #3:

Read:
  • Kurose and Ross: Chapter 2: Application Layer
  • "Brief History of the Internet" by Barry M. Leiner, Vinton G. Cerf, David D. Clark, Robert E. Kahn, Leonard Kleinrock, Daniel C. Lynch, Jon Postel, Lawrence G. Roberts, and Stephen Wolff.

  • Locate the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) web page. Read the Request for Comments (RFC) 2026: "The Internet Standards Process" by S. Bradner.
    Provide a brief description of:
    - Internet Standards
    - RFCs and Internet Drafts
    - Standards Track Maturity Levels.
    Subit a two-page summary. Please type your report.

  • Work on the topic for your final project.
    Submit project proposal(s), due January 31, 2021 (midnight: 11:59 PM + 1 minute).

  • Include the cover page. It should only include:
        course title (ENSC 427: COMMUNICATION NETWORKS),
        term (Spring 2021),
        assignment number,
        your full name (last name, first name),
        your SFU ID,
        your SFU email address.
        This page should not be counted in the required page limit.

    • Text:
    J. Kurose and K. W. Ross, Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach, 7/e, Pearson, 2017.

    Posted: January 22, 2021
    Due: January 31, 2021

    Last modified: Sun Jan 24 22:57:19 PST 2021.