CS431 Distributed Systems T. Sarah Alhammad

How to reach me? sun,tue,wed,thu 9-11 Room 2.505.25 smalhammad@pnu.edu.sa Room 2.505.25 Consultation Hours: sun,tue,wed,thu 9-11

What You Will Learn How the Internet is constructed and functions Explore a networked environment and work in a distributed fashion Data and networking security Different types of limitations in an Internet-based distributed system Design and analyze a simple distributed information system

Textbooks Distributed Systems: Concepts and Design, 4th edition or 5th edition. George Coulouris, Jean Dollimore, Tim Kindberg Addison-Wesley, 2005-2006.

Course Outline Computer Networks Network Security Operation Systems Internetworking, protocol stacks and data transport Network Security Security considerations, basic cryptography and network security Operation Systems Processes, memory models, portable code and middleware Distributed Systems Design and operation of distributed systems and applications

Proportion of Final Assessment Coursework Assessment Assessment Task Week Due Proportion of Final Assessment 1 Major exam 1 Week 7 15% 2 Major exam 2 Week 12 20 % 3 Theoretical exercise 5% 4 Final exam End of Semester 60%

Suggested References Data and Computer Communications,7th edition , William Stallings, Prentice Hall, 2003. Computer Networks, A Systems Approach, by Larry L. Peterson and Bruce S. Davie, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 2nd edition, 1999. Computer Networks, Fourth Edition, by A. S. Tanenbaum, Prentice Hall PTR, 2003. Operating Systems Design and Implementation, third Edition, by A. S Tanenbaum, A. S Woodhull, Prentice Hall, 2006. Operation Systems Concepts, Abraham Silberschatz, Peter B. Galvin, Greg Gagne, Wiley, 2008.