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Content Networking Fundamentals
By Silvano Da Ros
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Publisher: Cisco Press
Pub Date: March 30, 2006
Print ISBN-10: 1-58705-240-7
Print ISBN-13: 978-1-58705-240-8
Pages: 576

Table of Contents  | Index

		Copyright
		About the Author
		About the Technical Reviewers
		Acknowledgments
		Icons Used in This Book
			Command Syntax Conventions
		Introduction
			Goals and Methods
			Who Should Read This Book?
			How This Book Is Organized
		Part I:  Overview of Content Networking
			Chapter 1.  Introducing Content Networking
				Defining Content Networking
				Understanding the Underlying Technologies
				Purpose and Goals
				Cisco Content Networking Solutions
				Summary
				Review Questions
				Recommended Reading
		Part II:  Networking Fundamentals
			Chapter 2.  Exploring the Network Layers
				Ethernet Physical and Data Link Layers
				Internet Protocol
				Transport Layer
				Putting It All Together with a Detailed Network Trace
				Summary
				Review Questions
				Recommended Reading
			Chapter 3.  Introducing Switching, Routing, and Address Translation
				Exploring Ethernet Frame Switching
				Configuring Virtual LANs
				Understanding IP Routing
				Packet Switching
				Transparent Bridging
				Exploring Network Address Translation
				Summary
				Review Questions
				Recommended Reading
			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 Standard Multicast
				Source Specific Multicast (SSM)
				Ensuring Multicast Delivery With Pragmatic General Multicast
				Summary
				Review Questions
				Recommended Reading
			Chapter 6.  Ensuring Content Delivery with Quality of Service
				Classification and Marking
				Congestion Management
				Congestion Avoidance
				Summary
				Review Questions
				Recommended Reading
		Part IV:  Applications for Serving Content, at the Network Edge
			Chapter 7.  Presenting and Transforming Content
				Introducing Markup Languages
				Transforming and Formatting Content
				Summary
				Review Questions
				Recommended Reading
			Chapter 8.  Exploring the Application Layer
				HTTP
				Public Key Infrastructure
				File Transfer Protocol
				Summary
				Review Questions
				Recommended Reading
			Chapter 9.  Introducing Streaming Media
				Streaming Files and Content Playback
				Delivering Streaming Media
				Summary
				Review Questions
				Recommended Reading
		Part V:  Application Layer Services for Content, within the Network
			Chapter 10.  Exploring Server Load Balancing
				Exploring Your Server Load-Balancing Devices
				Content Switch Operational Modes
				Load-Distribution Algorithms
				Health Checking
				Session Persistence
				Content Switch High Availability
				Summary
				Review Questions
				Recommended Reading
			Chapter 11.  Switching Secured Content
				SSL Termination
				Firewall Load Balancing
				VPN Load Balancing on the CSM
				Preventing Connection Table Flooding using SYN-Cookies
				Summary
				Review Questions
				Recommended Reading
			Chapter 12.  Exploring Global Server Load Balancing
				Domain Name Service Operation
				BGP-Anycast and DNS Round-Robin
				Exploring Distributed Director Technologies
				Exploring CSS Global Server Load Balancing
				Exploring CSM Global Server Load Balancing
				GSLB Stickiness
				Summary
				Review Questions
				Recommended Reading
		Part VI:  The Application and Content Networking System: Content Caching, Streaming, Routing, and Distribution
			Chapter 13.  Delivering Cached and Streaming Media
				Redirecting Application Requests
				Enabling Transparent Value-Added Services on Your CEs
				Delivering Streaming Media
				Summary
				Review Questions
				Recommended Reading
			Chapter 14.  Distributing and Routing Managed Content
				E-learning and Corporate Communications
				Software and File Distribution
				Introducing Content Distribution and Routing
				Initializing and Registering Your ACNS Network Devices
				Setting Up Your ACNS Network for Acquisition and Pre-Positioning
				Acquiring Content to Pre-Position
				Configuring Content Pre-Positioning
				Content Request Routing
				Configuring Streaming Media
				Summary
				Review Questions
				Recommended Reading
		Appendix A.  Answers to Review Questions
			Chapter 1
			Chapter 2
			Chapter 3
			Chapter 4
			Chapter 5
			Chapter 6
			Chapter 7
			Chapter 8
			Chapter 9
			Chapter 10
			Chapter 11
			Chapter 12
			Chapter 13
			Chapter 14
		Index