Assignment title: Information
Evaluate different Internet technologies and related communication protocols. Also, compare different Internet services and internetworking servers as well as their related security. Critically evaluate the following Internet technologies and communication protocols: TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol), OSI (Open Systems Interconnection), DNS (Domain Name System), DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol), SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol); routing and remote access; telnet; ports and addresses; internet organisations eg ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), InterNIC (Internet Network Information Centre), IEEE (Institute of Electric and Electronic Engineers); subnetting and supernetting Critically evaluate the following Internet services: intranet, email, e-Commerce, instant messaging, wikis, blogs, certificate services, directory services; internetworking servers eg ISP (Internet Service Provider), World Wide Web (www), FTP (File Transmission Protocol), database servers, e-Commerce servers, news servers, email servers, proxy servers, media servers, directory servers Discuss the following Networking technologies and concepts: hub, switch routers; network management concerns, eg client/server environment, user and group management, resources management, security, network attacks, firewall, ethical and legal issues, servers and server performances, user access issues Critically evaluate the importance of OSI 7 Layer Reference Model Explain how the OSI (Open Systems Interconnection) reference model relates to the TCP/IP Protocol Model.