HEINZ NIXDORF INSTITUT University of Paderborn Algorithms und Complexity Seminar Algorithms of the Internet Christian Schindelhauer 2004-04-19 1 HEINZ NIXDORF INSTITUTE Motivation • University of Paderborn Algorithms und Complexity Christian Schindelhauer The Internet – is the public global wide-area interconnection network for computers – grows exponentially – evolves The evolution of the Internet • Crises and catastrophes – Computer hackers since the 70s – The traffic breakdown in the 80s – Denial of service attacks in the 90s – SPAM forever • Clever algorithmic solutions – Secure protocols – TCP bandwidth control – DoS-detection – SPAM-filters Seminar Algorithms of the Internet 2 HEINZ NIXDORF INSTITUTE Goals of the Seminar • • • • • • University of Paderborn Algorithms und Complexity Christian Schindelhauer Algorithms of the Internet Literature recherche in a hot topic Write an survey on the state of the art Give a presentation on this field Interact with others on scientific research Provide material for – the community – future lectures and seminars – a book Seminar Algorithms of the Internet 3 HEINZ NIXDORF INSTITUTE Organization • University of Paderborn Algorithms und Complexity Christian Schindelhauer See the Web-page http://wwwcs.upb.de/cs/ag-madh/WWW/Teaching/2004SS/AlgInternet/ • Today: • • Next two meetings: May 10th/17th: 2pm-6pm • • • • From May to July July 19th/26th: 1pm-7pm August 1st (11:59 pm): August 30th (2pm): Registration Assignment of topics Kickoff and feedback 1st presentation weekly (voluntary) meetings for consultation 2nd presentation Deadline for written assignment Evaluation, grades and comments (voluntary participation) Seminar Algorithms of the Internet 4 HEINZ NIXDORF INSTITUTE The Deliverables University of Paderborn Algorithms und Complexity Christian Schindelhauer • 1st presentation – Duration 15 min. – Presents • main issue • strategy to get the work done • 2nd presentation – Duration 45 min. – Survey of the research area • Written assignment – 5-10 pages (pure text without title, references, and figures) – Survey of the most relevant and interesting work in the assigned area Seminar Algorithms of the Internet 5 HEINZ NIXDORF INSTITUTE How it Counts for the Grade University of Paderborn Algorithms und Complexity Christian Schindelhauer • 1st presentation – 0% • 2nd presentation – 25 % • Written assignment – 75 % Seminar Algorithms of the Internet 6 HEINZ NIXDORF INSTITUTE The Topics 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. University of Paderborn Algorithms und Complexity Christian Schindelhauer The mobile Internet P2P-networks Web caching Algorithms for Web search engines The structure of the Web Security mechanisms of the Internet Denial of service attacks Worms, viruses and spam Epidemic algorithms The Domain Name System (DNS) Bandwidth allocation of TCP Routing algorithms of IP Broadcasting and Multicasting in IP The self-organization of the Internet “Wild card” Seminar Algorithms of the Internet 7 HEINZ NIXDORF INSTITUTE Contents of Written Assignment • • University of Paderborn Algorithms und Complexity Christian Schindelhauer Scientific survey on the assigned topic For broad audience interested in algorithms and Internet Table of contents for “Tachyonic Networking” 1. What is Tachyonic Network Transmissions (TNT) 2. Applications of TNT 3. How TNT began 4. The main streams of TNT 5. Recent developments in Tachyonic Networking and Computing 6. Focus: The TachyNet - A clever solution of TNT 7. Open problems and upcoming developments • References Seminar Algorithms of the Internet 8 Format and Layout of Written Assignment • • • • • • HEINZ NIXDORF INSTITUTE University of Paderborn Algorithms und Complexity Christian Schindelhauer American English Neutral style 5-10 pages (pure text without title, references, and figures) Accurate and correct citations and references LATeX, BibTeX Deliverables – LATeX source file – BibTeX file – Compiled PDF-output – As many referred text documents as possible • Electronically if possible • On paper if necessary Seminar Algorithms of the Internet 9 HEINZ NIXDORF INSTITUTE 1. The Mobile Internet • • • • University of Paderborn Algorithms und Complexity Christian Schindelhauer IP Tunneling Mobile Ad-hoc Networks Handhelds, PDA UMTS, WAP Seminar Algorithms of the Internet 10 HEINZ NIXDORF INSTITUTE 2. P2P-Networks University of Paderborn Algorithms und Complexity Christian Schindelhauer • 1st generation – Napster, Kazaa, Gnutella • Modern P2P-Networks – CAN, CHORD, Tapestry, … • Visit the lecture “Algorithmen für Peer-to-Peer-Netzwerke” • But do not copy (all) Seminar Algorithms of the Internet 11 HEINZ NIXDORF INSTITUTE 3. Web Caching • • • • University of Paderborn Algorithms und Complexity Christian Schindelhauer Relieving hot spots in the Internet Akamai Distributed Hash Tables Take a look into the script “Algorithmische Grundlagen des Internets”, Summer 2003 Seminar Algorithms of the Internet 12 HEINZ NIXDORF INSTITUTE 4. Web Search Engines University of Paderborn Algorithms und Complexity Christian Schindelhauer • Commercial systems – Google, Alltheweb, Altavista, etc – look at websearchengineshowdown.com • Algorithmic solutions – PageRank by Brin and Page (Google) – Kleinberg’s HITS-algorithm • Take a look into the script “Algorithmische Grundlagen des Internets”, Summer 2003 and 2004 • Contact Peter Mahlmann! Seminar Algorithms of the Internet 13 HEINZ NIXDORF INSTITUTE 5. The Structure of the Web University of Paderborn Algorithms und Complexity Christian Schindelhauer • The WWW is made by individuals • Yet the structure can be described by Pareto-distribution – number of links, size of connected components • The graph structure of the WWW • Take a look into the script “Algorithmische Grundlagen des Internets”, Summer 2002 • Link to Web search machines Seminar Algorithms of the Internet 14 HEINZ NIXDORF INSTITUTE 6. Security mechanisms of the Internet University of Paderborn Algorithms und Complexity Christian Schindelhauer • Are there any? • Is it all trust-based? • Start your investigations for the search of the missing crypto-layer of TCP/IP at the secure shell protocol Seminar Algorithms of the Internet 15 HEINZ NIXDORF INSTITUTE 7. Denial of Service Attacks University of Paderborn Algorithms und Complexity Christian Schindelhauer • A new problem from the 90s • Solutions – Ingress filtering – Link testing – Logging – ICMP Trace back – Marking (!!!) • Take a look into the script “Algorithmische Grundlagen des Internets”, Summer 2003 Seminar Algorithms of the Internet 16 HEINZ NIXDORF INSTITUTE 8. Worms, Viruses, and SPAM • • • • • University of Paderborn Algorithms und Complexity Christian Schindelhauer Definition How they spread How they work The perfect Antivirus-Software An Immune-System for Computers Seminar Algorithms of the Internet 17 HEINZ NIXDORF INSTITUTE 9. Epidemic Algorithms University of Paderborn Algorithms und Complexity Christian Schindelhauer • Demers et al. – Epidemic algorithms for mirroring data bases – Idea: Spread information like a virus • Some analyses and new ideas by – Karp et al. 2001, Randomized Rumor Spreading • Take a look into the script “Algorithmische Grundlagen des Internets”, Summer 2002 Seminar Algorithms of the Internet 18 HEINZ NIXDORF INSTITUTE 10. The Domain Name System • • • • University of Paderborn Algorithms und Complexity Christian Schindelhauer What is it? How does it work? Why is it so stable? Alternatives? Seminar Algorithms of the Internet 19 HEINZ NIXDORF INSTITUTE 11. Bandwidth Allocation of TCP University of Paderborn Algorithms und Complexity Christian Schindelhauer • Very classical problem of TCP/IP • Strangely enough network congestion in the Internet is healed in the transport layer and not in the network layer • Start with the scripts – Algorithmische Grundlagen des Internets”, Summer 2002 and 2003 • Random early deletion (RED) • New TCP-allocation for Tera-Baud-connections Seminar Algorithms of the Internet 20 HEINZ NIXDORF INSTITUTE 12. Routing Algorithms of IP University of Paderborn Algorithms und Complexity Christian Schindelhauer • Start with the standard algorithms • There are lots of theoretical work of routing algorithms • Concentrate on such algorithms related to IP Seminar Algorithms of the Internet 21 HEINZ NIXDORF INSTITUTE 13. Broadcasting and Multicasting in IP • • • • University of Paderborn Algorithms und Complexity Christian Schindelhauer IPv4 and IPv6 foresee multicasting How does it work? How can it be improved? Is it possible to have TV on IP? Seminar Algorithms of the Internet 22 HEINZ NIXDORF INSTITUTE 14. The self-organization of the Internet University of Paderborn Algorithms und Complexity Christian Schindelhauer • Official organizations of the Internet (IETF, …) • The Internet and its self-regulation – socially and technology based Seminar Algorithms of the Internet 23 15. “Wild Card” HEINZ NIXDORF INSTITUTE University of Paderborn Algorithms und Complexity Christian Schindelhauer • Did we miss something? • Take a hot topic of your choice within this area. • If everything fails, I’ll help. Seminar Algorithms of the Internet 24 HEINZ NIXDORF INSTITUT University of Paderborn Algorithms und Complexity Christian Schindelhauer Thanks and let’s go! Verteilte Algorithmen in Netzwerken 25