To prepare yourselves for the inter-networks session

To prepare your password protected directory that you created for subtask 01.05, download this placeholder page, save it to your client, and then FTP it into the password protected directory you created.

on The Internet, a network of networks

Read these sections of How Internet Infrastructure Works by Jeff Tyson in How Stuff Works [they are short]

  1. Introduction to How Internet Infrastructure Works
  2. A Hierarchy of Networks
  3. A Network Example
  4. Bridging The Divide
  5. Backbones
  6. Internet Protocol: IP Addresses
  7. Internet Protocol: Domain Name System
  8. Uniform Resource Locators
  9. A DNS Example
  10. Clients and Servers
  11. Ports

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