Content Networking Fundamentals
- By Silvano Da Ros
- Published Mar 30, 2006 by Cisco Press. Part of the Fundamentals series.
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- Copyright 2006
- Edition: 1st
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- ISBN-10: 1-58705-240-7
- ISBN-13: 978-1-58705-240-8
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- ISBN-10: 1-58705-291-1
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A comprehensive introduction to the theory and practical applications of content networking
- Get a strong introduction to the basic networking concepts necessary for content networking, including network address translation, IP multicast content delivery, quality of service, and streaming media
- Master the application-layer protocols, including HTTP, SSL, RSTP, RTP and FTP
- Design redundancy and high availability by using server load balancing, Domain Name System (DNS) directory services, Cisco DistributedDirector software, proximity-based load balancing, and global sticky databases
- Learn to switch and offload encrypted content by importing, creating, and configuring certificates and keys in Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) termination devices
- Examine how to configure routers with Web Cache Communication Protocol (WCCP) and to switch content requests to content engines for serving frequently requested objects
- Learn how to configure caching, live push- and pull-splitting, content acquisitioning, and pre-positioning using Cisco Application and Content Networking System (ACNS) software
Content networking is the most popular technology used to enhance network and application performance. The growth of content networking has been driven by end-user demands for richer content and lowered response times. These demands have caused the field of content networking to flourish with technological advances. Today many companies use content networking to add a layer of intelligence to their systems, scaling server availability and optimizing content delivery.
Content Networking Fundamentals introduces you to content networking solutions and the underlying networking technologies that content networking uses to accelerate your applications in new and unique ways. You’ll discover various algorithms behind content networking and learn how the Cisco Systems® product suite implements them.
In this comprehensive guide, you start with a review of the protocols required for content networking, building your knowledge of introductory concepts and applications. From there, you delve into the components specific to content networking, with a focus on the content-aware Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Layers 4 through 7. Numerous deployment examples help you understand the more advanced topics. You can use the configuration snapshots in this book as skeletal configurations for your production network.
Following the valuable lessons taught in Content Networking Fundamentals, you’ll be able to effectively design, deploy, maintain, and troubleshoot content networks.
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Table of Contents
Part I Overview of Content Networking
Chapter 1 Introducing Content Networking
Defining Content Networking
Understanding the Underlying Technologies
Purpose and Goals
Scalability and Availability
Bandwidth and Response Times
Customization and Prioritization
Security, Auditing, and Monitoring
Cisco Content Networking Solutions
Content Switching
Application and Content Networking System
Content Network Partnership Program
Summary
Review Questions
Recommended Reading
Part II Networking Fundamentals
Chapter 2 Exploring the Network Layers
Ethernet Physical and Data Link Layers
Physical Layer
Data Link Layer
Internet Protocol
Address Resolution Protocol
Internet Control Message Protocol
Internet Group Management Protocol and Protocol Independent Multicast
Transport Layer
Transmission Control Protocol
User Datagram Protocol
Putting It All Together with a Detailed Network Trace
Summary
Review Questions
Recommended Reading
Chapter Goals
Chapter 3 Introducing Switching, Routing, and Address Translation
Exploring Ethernet Frame Switching
Configuring Virtual LANs
Configuring VLAN Trunking
Exploring MAC Learning with Multiple VLANs
VLAN Trunking Protocol
Understanding IP Routing
Configuring Static Routing
Understanding Dynamic Routing
Packet Switching
Process Switching Path
Fast Switching Path
Cisco Express Forwarding
Transparent Bridging
Exploring Network Address Translation
Source Network Address Translation
Destination Translation
Summary
Review Questions
Recommended Reading
Chapter Goals
Chapter 4 Exploring Security Technologies and Network Infrastructure Designs
Filtering Packets with Access Control Lists
Application Layer Inspection
Designing Enterprise Campuses
Designing Enterprise Edge Networks
Designing Headquarters with Remote Office Networks
Employing Internet Content Delivery Networks
Summary
Review Questions
Recommended Reading
Part III Intelligent Network Services for Content Delivery
Chapter 5 IP Multicast Content Delivery
Introducing IP Multicast
Internet Group Management Protocol
Internet Group Management Protocol, Version 1
Internet Group Management Protocol, Version 2
Internet Group Management Protocol, Version 3
Internet Standard Multicast
Distribution Trees
Protocol Independent Multicast
Configuring Rendezvous Point and Multicast Group Selection
Configuring Inter-Domain Multicast with Multicast Source Discovery Protocol
Anycast RP
Layer 2 Multicast Protocols
Router-Port Group Management Protocol
Source Specific Multicast (SSM)
Ensuring Multicast Delivery With Pragmatic General Multicast
Summary
Review Questions
Recommended Reading
Chapter Goals
Chapter 6 Ensuring Content Delivery with Quality of Service
Classification and Marking
Marking Packets at Layer 3
Marking Frames, Cells, and Trunks at Layer 2
Network-Based Application Recognition
Conge
Index
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