CS435 Midterm Review

A page of notes is allowed, 8.5 by 11 both sides but the test is closed book and closed computer.

Be prepared for detailed questions on the following:

Application Layer (servers, clients, network programming in general, client project)
IPv4 as related to network programming
TCP as related to network programming
How to write servers!
TCP server and client setup: socket, bind, listen, accept, connect
Reading and writing from TCP sockets (especially sizes, and need for MSG_WAITALL)
Multithreaded servers, race conditions, etc
DNS, unless I don't actually end up covering that demo

Question Types

Multiple choice. There are 8 of these, on general stuff, worth three points each (24 points total)
Short Answer Questions, some of which might require coding
Programming Question. 30 points total, requires coding.

Notes about Specific Questions

Client/Server Programming: There is a question that presents you with a simple protocol for client/server communication, and requires you to implement the server. It's worth quite a few points, and the client and server are in separate questions. You can use any programming language you like. The protocol is designed to not require a lot of code to parse, but you'll have to be ready for some network programming. The protocol might be either text or binary.