 This Class  Chapter 9  Next Class  Wrap up this semester  Demo/discuss programming assignments  Review what we have learned  Questionnaire/Feedback  Final exam tips

2 Applications  DNS  SMTP, MIME, IMAP  HTTP  SNMP  RTP  SDP, SIP, H.323

3 DNS: Domain Name System People: many identifiers:  SSN, name, passport # Internet hosts, routers:  IP address (32 bit) - used for addressing datagrams  “name”, e.g., gaia.cs.umass.edu - used by humans Q: map between IP addresses and name ? Domain Name System:  distributed database implemented in hierarchy of many name servers  application-layer protocol host, routers, name servers to communicate to resolve names (address/name translation)  note: core Internet function, implemented as application-layer protocol  complexity at network’s “edge”

4 DNS name servers  no server has all name- to-IP address mappings local name servers:  each ISP, company has local (default) name server  host DNS query first goes to local name server authoritative name server:  for a host: stores that host’s IP address, name  can perform name/address translation for that host’s name Why not centralize DNS?  single point of failure  traffic volume  distant centralized database  maintenance doesn’t scale!

5 DNS: Root name servers  contacted by local name server that can not resolve name  root name server:  contacts authoritative name server if name mapping not known  gets mapping  returns mapping to local name server b USC-ISI Marina del Rey, CA l ICANN Marina del Rey, CA e NASA Mt View, CA f Internet Software C. Palo Alto, CA i NORDUnet Stockholm k RIPE London m WIDE Tokyo a NSI Herndon, VA c PSInet Herndon, VA d U Maryland College Park, MD g DISA Vienna, VA h ARL Aberdeen, MD j NSI (TBD) Herndon, VA 13 root name servers worldwide

6 Simple DNS example host surf.eurecom.fr wants IP address of gaia.cs.umass.edu 1. contacts its local DNS server, dns.eurecom.fr 2. dns.eurecom.fr contacts root name server, if necessary 3. root name server contacts authoritative name server, dns.umass.edu, if necessary requesting host surf.eurecom.fr gaia.cs.umass.edu root name server authorititive name server dns.umass.edu local name server dns.eurecom.fr

7 DNS example Root name server:  may not know authoritative name server  may know intermediate name server: who to contact to find authoritative name server requesting host surf.eurecom.fr gaia.cs.umass.edu root name server local name server dns.eurecom.fr authoritative name server dns.cs.umass.edu intermediate name server dns.umass.edu 7 8

8 DNS: iterated queries recursive query:  puts burden of name resolution on contacted name server  heavy load? iterated query:  contacted server replies with name of server to contact  “I don’t know this name, but ask this server” requesting host surf.eurecom.fr gaia.cs.umass.edu root name server local name server dns.eurecom.fr authoritative name server dns.cs.umass.edu intermediate name server dns.umass.edu 7 8 iterated query

9 DNS: caching and updating records  once (any) name server learns mapping, it caches mapping  cache entries timeout (disappear) after some time  update/notify mechanisms under design by IETF  RFC 2136  charter.html

10 DNS records DNS: distributed db storing resource records (RR)  Type=NS  name is domain (e.g. foo.com)  value is IP address of authoritative name server for this domain RR format: (name, value, type,ttl)  Type=A  name is hostname  value is IP address  Type=CNAME  name is alias name for some “canonical” (the real) name is really servereast.backup2.ibm.com  value is canonical name  Type=MX  value is name of mailserver associated with name

11 DNS protocol, messages DNS protocol : query and reply messages, both with same message format msg header  identification: 16 bit # for query, reply to query uses same #  flags:  query or reply  recursion desired  recursion available  reply is authoritative

12 DNS protocol, messages Name, type fields for a query RRs in response to query records for authoritative servers additional “helpful” info that may be used

13 Questions on DNS  Refer to root name server every time you type in an address out of your domain?  TCP or UDP?

14 Points of Distinction  Application protocols vs programs  Applicaton protocols vs data format  SMTP vs ??  HTTP vs ??  SNMP vs ??

15 SMTP HELO cs.princeton.edu 250 Hello MAIL FROM: 250 OK RCPT TO: 250 OK RCPT TO: 550 No such user here DATA 354 Start mail input; end with..xxxxxxxxx. 250 OK QUICK 221 Closing connection

16 HTTP  Operations  OPTIONS, GET, HEAD, POST, PUT, DELETE, TRACE, CONNECT  Response Messages  1xx - Informational  2xx - Success  3xx - Redirection  4xx - Client error  5xx - Server error

17 SNMP (I) Managing entity Managed device Managed device data Simple Network Management Protocol Agent

18 SNMP (2)  Evolution of SNMP  v1 - Get, GetNext, Set  v2 - Get, GetNext, GetBulk, Set, Inform  v3 - security and administration capabilities  Limitations: overhead per MIB, unreliable transfer, CPU overload  Data = MIB (Management Information Base)  In Structure of Management Information language  Defines counters at managed device

19 RTP  Functionalities common to multimedia applications?  interoperate between 2 end hosts  determine timing relationship in data  recover synchronization  indicate packet loss  indicate frame boundary  include user-friendly sender identity  efficient use of bandwidth

20 Real-time Transport Control Protocol  Main functions  Feedback on application's performance  Correlate and synchronize different media streams  Convey sender identity for display

21 Session/Call Control - SIP cisco.com proxy princeton.edu proxy mypc.cisco.comyourpc.princeton.edu

22 H.323  ITU recommendation  Popular protocol for Internet telephony  H.323 terminals talk to each other  Or use a H.323 gateway to connect to PSTN

23 Acknowledgments  Some slides are from:  Computer Networking: A Top Down Approach Featuring the Internet, 2 nd edition. Jim Kurose, Keith Ross Addison-Wesley, July All material copyright J.F Kurose and K.W. Ross, All Rights Reserved