Advanced lectures on networking : Networking 2002 tutorials

This book presents the revised version of seven tutorials given at the NETWORKING 2002 Conference in Pisa, Italy in May 2002. The lecturers present a coherent view of the core issues in the following areas: - peer-to-peer computing and communications - mobile computing middleware - network security in the multicast framework - categorizing computing assets according to communication patterns - remarks on ad-hoc networking - communication through virtual technologies - optical networks. Peer to peer : peering into the future / Jon Crowcroft, Ian Pratt Mobile computing middleware / Cecilia Mascolo, Licia Capra, Wolfgang Emmerich Network security in the multicast framework / Refik Molva, Alain Pannetrat Categorizing computing assets according to communication patterns / Dieter Gantenbein, Luca Deri Remarks on ad hoc networking / Stefano Basagni Communications through virtual technologies / Fabrizio Davide ... [et al.] A tutorial on optical networks / George N. Rouskas, Harry G. Perros. The topic of peer-to-peer networking has divided research circles in two: on the one hand there is the traditional distributed computing community, who tend to view the plethora of young technologies as upstarts with little regard for, or memory of the past - we will see that there is evidence to support this view in some cases. Offering a revised version of seven tutorials given at the NETWORKING 2002 Conference in Pisa, Italy in May 2002, the papers in this volume cover aspects of networking. The topics covered include peer-to-peer computing and communications, mobile computing middleware and optical networks.