Chapter 4 Communicating on the Internet
How Works? Most used Feature TCP breaks & reassembles messages into packets IP delivers packets to the proper location Binary files can be attached: - Pictures - Video - sounds
How Works?
Encoding schemes: MIME - UUencode Gateways perform translating formats Mailing List: connects a group of people Everyone in the mailing list receive the sent message Moderated mailing list: screened by Admin Unmoderated mailing list: wide open List server
How Spam Works? Spam: - Unsolicited junk sent by commercial companies for some services - Unwanted mail, making another information slower to send - filters block Spam from known spammers
Spam Mails
How Usenet Newsgroups Work? The world biggest discussion forum Special software, online services Thread: grouped conversation by topics FAQ: Many newsgroups have a list of Frequently Asked Questions to read before submitting messages Moderated newsgroups: screened by Admin Unmoderated newsgroups: Automatically posted
Usenet Newsgroups Usenet Server: you can subscribe to any interested newsgroups or cancel it You can post Binary files UUencode: common used encoding scheme for Usenet newsgroups
Usenet Newsgroups
Internet Relay Chat Communicating with others (keyboard conversation) IRC: Internet Relay Chat, the most popular chatting way Channels: many different topics in chat rooms IRC follows a client/ server model: IRC Server IRC Client
Making Phone Calls on the Internet Sounds are broken into packets, which delivered by TCP/IP protocols Free calls Making phone calls and receiving calls from someone who has an Internet address WebTalk Speaking into microphones, listening from speakers