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Understanding Networking 2 
Production year 1999. Length 95 minutes. VHS-NTSC format. 72-page 8.5" x 11" softcover bound workbook.

We complete this series of video courses with the Internet.  We'll compare the Internet to carrier networks, review the Internets past and present, and gain a real understanding of TCP and IP. Well review HTML, Web servers and browsers, the Domain Name System and summarize issues like Base-64 encoding and MIME. Well complete the picture with a discussion of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and practical guidelines for connecting to the Internet.  We'll round out your knowledge with a discussion of security issues, including Information Security, Network Security, and Computer Security: encryption, Public Keys and firewall concepts and strategies.  

This video provides you with a real understanding of what the Internet is, and how it relates to carrier services like Frame Relay, plus practical knowledge of TCP/IP, ISPs, firewalls and security.

Chapter 1 Understanding The Internet 
1.03 Internet History
1.05 Internet Basics
1.07 TCP: Transmission Control Protocol
1.09 Domain Name System
1.11 Binary vs. Text - MIME and Base-64 Encoding
1.13 Commonly Used Internet Protocols
1.15 World Wide Web
1.17 HTML and HTTP 
1.19 Web Browsers
1.21 Intranets
1.23 What is the Internet Today? Internet Service Providers
1.25 Accessing the Internet: Home Connections
1.27 Accessing the Internet: Organizational Connections
1.29 Current Internet Issues
1.31 Future Directions

Chapter 2 Security Essentials
2.03 Security Essentials: Targets for Attackers
2.05 Compsec and Netsec
2.07 Firewalls
2.09 Ports and Sockets
2.11 Firewall Implementation: Router Freebies
2.13 Firewall Implementation: Bastion Host and DMZ
2.15 Firewall Implementation: Proxy Servers
2.17 Security Essentials: Information Security

Appendix A References
A.03 Acronyms and Abbreviations

Appendix B Quiz
B.03 Knowledge Evaluation Exercise

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