DNS, Web, TCP Sequence Numbers EE122 Discussion 10/19/2011
DNS Mapping between names (e.g., and addresses (e.g., ) Hierarchy of DNS servers – Root servers – Top-level domain (TLD) servers – Authoritative DNS servers – Default Name Server
HTTP Request-response protocol Based on a global naming system – …which uses the DNS for resolution HTTP runs on top of TCP
TCP Sequence Numbers Initial sequence number for the connection is not zero Sequence number refers to the first byte in the TCP packet payload
Example (from class) Packet arrives: –S–Seq: 2323 –A–Ack: 4001 –W–W=3000 –[–[no payload] Appropriate response? Seq: 4001, payload: Seq: 2001, payload: Seq: 4001, payload: Seq: 5001, payload: Seq: 8001, payload: