Network engineers, IS managers, and architects face an enormous challenge--how to integrate modern networking platforms and applications with legacy systems to create a single computing environment that efficiently, effectively, and securely serves an organization's needs. This long-awaited, comprehensive book--written by a pioneer in the fields of networking and application development--is the guide for completing this formidable task. Network Application Frameworks provides a thorough exploration of major networking technologies and application development components. Enterprise-wide design, performance, security, reliability, and operational implications are just some of the topics covered in full detail. Using this book, network engineers will be able to more easily isolate and resolve problems in a network or application. IS managers will save valuable time and resources by following the author's strategies for optimizing integration and identifying trouble spots. Architects will find a wealth of knowledge to help them plan future systems, such as information on designing networks and applications in tandem to simplify use, improve manageability, and reduce costs. Topics covered include: *TCP/IP, IP routing, OSPF, BGP4, IGRP/EIGRP, IPv6, and IPv4 *Security: Kerberos, public key cryptography, X.509 certificates and certificate authorities, SSL, IPSEC, and SASL. *Objects: CORBA, Microsoft COM/DCOM, and Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS) *Directory Services: Windows NT 4, NT 5 Active Directory, NDS, LDAP, and X.500 *Microsoft's key technologies and architectures, including WOSA, SPI, WinSock, ADO, UDA, ODBC, MAPI, and mainframe integration Novell NetWare protocols, networking techniques, SAP and the bindery, NDS, TCP/IP integration, and interoperability for versions 3.x through 5. *IBM technologies, including SNA, SDLC, CICS, Token Ring legacy integration, and IBM mainframe integration with Web technologies and TCP/IP *Open Group DCE and RPC 0201309505B04062001

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(Each chapter begins with an Introduction and ends with Conclusions.) Preface. Can We Really Cover All That? Book Organization. Acknowledgments and Reflections. 1. What Is a Network Application Framework? Object Technology and Distributed Objects. The Study of Object-Oriented Concepts and Component Models. Categories of Object Technology. Object Terminology and Concepts. Directory Services. Characteristics of Directory Services. Directory Services and the Network. Transaction Services. Security Services. Networking Services. Retransmission and Flow Control. Byte Overhead. Character Echo. Packet Size and Queuing. Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) and Development Platform Services. File- and Printer-Sharing Services. 2. Core Network Application Framework Technologies. Core Security Technologies. Public Key Cryptography. Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocols. IP-Level Security (IPSEC). Kerberos. Remote Procedure Call (RPC). Application Development Concerns. Standard RPC Implementations. Data Representation. Transactional RPC (TxRPC). Security. API Programming. Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA): Awakening of the Object Web. Introduction to CORBA. Interfaces: Standardizing Information Passing Between Objects. Hop on the Object Bus: The Object Request Broker (ORB). Static Versus Dynamic Object Discovery. Distributed Object Communication: Inter-ORB Standards and IIOP. CORBA Value-Added Services. CORBA Versus RPC. X.500 and Lightweight Directory Access Protocol Version 3 (LDAPv3). X.500. LDAPv3. 3. The TCP/IP Protocol Suite. IP, TCP, and UDP. IP in Detail. TCP in Detail. UDP in Detail. Application Design. TCP and UDP Security and WAN Efficiency. Protocol Security: A Closer Look. Tapping and Sniffing. TFTP and Security. BOOTP/DHCP and Security. DNS and Security. SNMP and Security. Efficiency: A Closer Look. TELNET and Efficiency. X-Terminal and Efficiency. TFTP and Efficiency. SNMP and Efficiency. The World of Internet Addressing. Subnet Masks: Organizing Your Network Address Space. Variable-Length Subnet Masks (VLSM): Conserving Your Address Space. 4. IP Routing. The Autonomous System (AS): Keeping Things Separate. Fundamental Routing Characteristics. Address Resolution Protocol (ARP). ARP Example. Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) for IPv4. IP Routing Protocols. Routing Information Protocol Version 1 (RIPv1). Routing Information Protocol Version 2 (RIPv2). Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) Protocol. Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (IGRP) and Enhanced Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP). Border Gateway Protocol 4 (BGP-4). 5. Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6). Datagram Header Format and Options. The Minimum IPv6 Header. Extension Headers. Addressing. Hexadecimal Representation. Structure and Assignment. Autoconfiguration. Address Resolution. Impact on Applications. IPv4/IPv6 Migration and Interoperability. 6. The Open Group Distributed Computing Environment (DCE). DCE: Not Necessarily an Operating System. DCE Security Service. Tickets and PACs. Security Database. Security API. DCE Directory Service. DCE File Service (DFS). DCE Time Service (DTS). DCE Threads. A Platform-Independent API. Threads Application Development. DCE and CORBA. DCE Interoperability. 7. Microsoft and WOSA. Vision. Components of the Microsoft Network Application Framework. Service Provider Interface (SPI) Architecture. Multitasking, Synchronization, and Threads. Local Interprocess Communication. Networking. Transports. Remote Interprocess Communication. WNet( ) APIs. NetBIOS. Berkeley (BSD) Sockets and Windows Sockets Specification (WinSock). Open Database Connectivity (ODBC). Messaging API (MAPI). Simple Microsoft Messaging API (MAPI). Common Messaging Call (CMC). Extended MAPI. Telephony API (TAPI). Microsoft Distributed Object Framework. Evolution of COM: The Art of All That Is “X”. COM Wrapping: Microsoft Interface Definition Language (MIDL). COM: A Binary Standard. ActiveX Security. Containers. COM, Clustering, and Middleware. Microsoft Message Queue Server (MSMQ). Distributed COM (DCOM): COM with a Longer Wire. COM+. Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS): Managing Objects in the Enterprise. MTS Services and Architecture. MTS and Object Pooling. MTS and Object Creationism. MTS and Object Security. COM Transaction Integrator for CICS and IMS (Cedar): Integrating with SNA/Mainframe Technology. COM, CORBA, and JavaBeans: Friendly Fire and Interoperability. COM Versus Java RMI Versus CORBA. COM/CORBA Interoperability. Universal Data Architecture (UDA), ActiveX Data Objects (ADO), and OLE-DB. Internationalization. 8. The NT 4 Directory Service. Directory Structure. The Application of Groups Within Domains. Domains in More Detail. Domains and Groups. Access Control Lists. Trust Management. Directionality of Trust and Human Relationships. Summary of Design Rules. Directory Service Topologies. Single Domain. Single Master Domain. Multiple Master Domain. Complete Trust. Interoperability and Migration. 9. NT 5 Active Directory Services. Standards Supported. DNS. Kerberos and SSPI. X.500. ADSI, LDAP, and MAPI. Directory Structure. Objects, Users, Groups, Resources, and OUs. Naming, Domains, and Trees. Kerberos: Guarding the “Forest.” The Global Catalogue: Make It Snappy. Domain Controllers. Name Interference. Trust Management. Interoperability and Migration. 10. Novell NetWare. NetWare 3.x. Core Protocols and Functions. Internetwork Packet Exchange (IPX). Sequenced Packet Exchange (SPX). Service Advertisement Protocol (SAP) and the Bindery: Precursor to a Directory. Routing Protocols: RIP, NLSP, and EIGRP. NetWare Core Protocol (NCP). Application Development. NetWare 4.x/IntraNetWare. NetWare Directory Services (NDS). Containers and Leaf Objects: Organizing People, Resources, and Services. Trust Management and Inherited Rights Filter (IRF). Security: Authentication and Authorization. Partitions and Replicas: Designing for Reliability and Performance. NDS for NT: Integrating with Microsoft NT Domains. LDAP Services for NDS. NetWare 3.x/4.x Integration with TCP/IP. NetWare and IBM SNA Integration. NetWare 5: The Dawn of Native TCP/IP over NetWare. Modern Novell Application Development: Java, CORBA, and the Directory Service. 11. IBM. An IBM Time Line and Computer Systems Overview. The Time Line. Processors and Architectures. Mainframe Operating Systems and Applications. Mainframe Access with Terminals. SNA Components: Physical Units and Logical Units. The Systems Network Architecture (SNA) Layered Model. IBM Networking. The First Networking Intelligence Assumption: The Desktop Has None. Making It Dynamic: APPN. Networking Media and Methods. IBM Transaction Series Systems: The Customer Information Control System (CICS). Integrating CICS with the Web. CICS Gateway for Java. CICS Internet Gateway. The IBM 3270 Java Emulator. 12. Design Rule Summary. Tables. Index. 0201309505T04062001