Content Networking Fundamentals

ISBN: 1587052407
EAN: 2147483647

Year: N/A
Pages: 178

Authors: Silvano Da Ros

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Content Networking Fundamentals
Table of Contents
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
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