Networking for Web Developers

How does the Web work? Under the hood of HTTP there's a whole stack of networking protocols.

Explore the underpinnings of the net with tools like traceroute, tcpdump, and nc.

• From Ping to HTTP
• Begin using command-line tools to explore the network.,Ping to check hosts, and nc (netcat) for webservers.,Learn about port numbers and the layering of HTTP on top of TCP.
• Names and Addresses
• Learn about the Domain Name System (DNS).,Register your own domain name for your web server.,Learn more about the binary representation of IP addresses.
• Addressing and Networks
• Network blocks and interfaces.,Network address translation (NAT).,IPv6.
• Protocol Layers
• Use tcpdump to examine the packets that make up the requests and responses.,Explore three protocols: ping, DNS, and HTTP.,Learn more about how TCP sessions work.
• Big Networks
• Learn more about bandwidth, latency, filtering, and other key properties.