Distributed Networking (CSC478) — Notes, Syllabus & Past Questions

Design and management of decentralized network systems.

Elective Course8 Chapters
Chapter 1Past Questions

Overview of Distributed Systems

Distributed systems fundamentals, protocols, QoS, distributed software, and agent-based models.

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Chapter 2Past Questions

Client-Server Model

C/S design issues, cooperative servers, service discovery, and client-server interoperability.

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Chapter 3Past Questions

Communication Paradigms

Message passing, Remote Procedure Calls (RPC), Remote Method Invocation (RMI), and Distributed Shared Memory (DSM).

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Chapter 4Past Questions

Internetworking

Architecture models, TCP/IP protocol suite, and IPv6 integration.

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Chapter 5Past Questions

Interprocess Communication Using Message Passing

Socket programming, system calls, and distributed app development.

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Chapter 6Past Questions

Reliability and Replication Techniques

Fault tolerance, failure classes, replication schemes, and consistency models.

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Chapter 7Past Questions

Security in Distributed Networks

Distributed security architectures, Internet defense mechanisms, and DDoS mitigation.

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Chapter 8Past Questions

Current Developments in Distributed Systems

Cluster computing, Grid computing, P2P architectures, and Pervasive computing.

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