Chapter 9: Applications

Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.

—Winston Churchill

• Problem: Applications Need Their Own Protocols
• 9.1 Traditional Applications
  • 9.1.1 Electronic Mail (SMTP, MIME, IMAP)
  • 9.1.2 World Wide Web (HTTP)
  • 9.1.3 Web Services
• 9.2 Multimedia Applications
  • 9.2.1 Session Control and Call Control (SDP, SIP, H.323)
  • 9.2.2 Resource Allocation for Multimedia Applications
• 9.3 Infrastructure Applications
  • 9.3.1 Name Service (DNS)
  • 9.3.2 Network Management (SNMP, OpenConfig)
• 9.4 Overlay Networks
  • 9.4.1 Routing Overlays
  • 9.4.2 Peer-to-Peer Networks
  • 9.4.3 Content Distribution Networks
• Perspective: The Cloud is the New Internet