Content Delivery Networks Web Switching for Security, Avaliability and Speed

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Authors: Scott Hull

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Foreword	p. xix
Acknowledgments	p. xxi
Introduction	p. xxiii
Introduction to Content Networking	p. 1
Objectives	p. 2
User Expectations	p. 2
Performance	p. 3
Availability	p. 3
Security	p. 3
Anonymity	p. 4
Personalization/Relevancy	p. 4
Privacy	p. 4
Content Provider Expectations	p. 5
Security	p. 5
Control	p. 5
Manageability	p. 6
Scalability	p. 6
Flexibility	p. 6
Diversity (Users and Devices)	p. 6
Customer Demographics/Data	p. 6
Differentiation	p. 7
Profitability	p. 7
Conflicting Expectations	p. 7
Structure of the Internet	p. 8
Problems of IP	p. 8
What Is Content Networking?	p. 9
Living on the Edge	p. 9
Content Edge Networking (CEN)--The Data Center	p. 10
CEN Evolution	p. 10
Subscriber Edge Networking--Networking on the Edge	p. 24
SEN IP Services	p. 24
CDNs and "Overlay" Networks	p. 25
Who Needs a Content Networking Solution?	p. 32
Enterprises	p. 32
Service Providers	p. 33
The Future of Content Networking	p. 34
Review Questions	p. 34
End Notes	p. 36
Ethernet	p. 37
Objectives	p. 38
DIX and IEEE 802.3	p. 38
Frame Formats	p. 39
Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection (CSMA/CD)	p. 42
Collision Domains and Broadcast Domains	p. 43
Duplexing	p. 45
Flow Control	p. 46
Link Integrity Test and the Ethernet Heartbeat	p. 46
Fast Ethernet	p. 47
Auto-Negotiation	p. 48
Gigabit Ethernet	p. 50
Deploying Ethernet	p. 51
Summary	p. 56
Review Questions	p. 56
Advanced Ethernet Topics	p. 57
Objectives	p. 58
Spanning-Tree Protocol	p. 59
Spanning-Tree Protocol Port States	p. 59
Election of the Root Switch	p. 60
Bridge Protocol Data Units	p. 60
How the STP Algorithm Works	p. 62
Implications of STP in a LAN Environment	p. 63
Virtual Local Area Networks--VLANs	p. 64
Benefits of VLANs	p. 64
VLAN Trunk Protocol	p. 67
How VTP Works	p. 68
VLAN Trunking	p. 68
Inter-Switch Link (ISL) Encapsulation	p. 69
IEEE 802.1q TRUNKING	p. 71
The Role of VLANs in Modern Data Centers	p. 72
EtherChannel	p. 72
EtherChannel and VLANs	p. 74
Summary	p. 74
Review Questions	p. 74
HTTP and the World Wide Web	p. 77
Objectives	p. 78
History	p. 78
How It Works	p. 79
HTTP/0.9	p. 80
HTTP/1.0	p. 80
HTTP/1.1	p. 81
Request Methods	p. 85
Response Status Code Definitions	p. 86
Message Headers	p. 89
HTTP Security	p. 95
HTTP Protocol Analysis	p. 98
Summary	p. 109
Review Questions	p. 109
Suggested Reading	p. 109
SSL	p. 111
Objectives	p. 112
Crypto 101	p. 113
Secret Key Cryptography	p. 113
Key Size	p. 114
Public Key Cryptography	p. 115
Putting It Together: Hybrid Encryption Schemes	p. 115
Certificates	p. 116
Configuring and Installing Your Own SSL Server	p. 120
Unpacking the Packages	p. 121
Compiling OpenSSL	p. 121
Configuring and Compiling Apache with mod_ssl	p. 122
Creating the Certificate and Installing Apache	p. 122
Using Apache with SSL Support	p. 125
Generating New CSRs	p. 125
SSL: The Protocol	p. 126
SSL Messages	p. 127
Accelerating SSL	p. 136
How SSL Acceleration Works	p. 136
Summary	p. 141
Review Questions	p. 142
DNS and Content Networking	p. 145
Objectives	p. 146
History	p. 146
How DNS Works	p. 148
General Operational Overview	p. 148
Detailed Operational Overview	p. 149
Basic DNS Configuration	p. 154
Basic DNS Auditing	p. 159
Advanced DNS Configuration	p. 163
RTT Measurements	p. 163
Wildcard DNS	p. 167
RR Sets	p. 168
Subdomain Delegation	p. 170
DNS Thrashing	p. 171
Registering Domain Names	p. 172
General Process	p. 173
Contacts	p. 174
WHOIS Databases	p. 175
Problems with DNS	p. 177
The Future	p. 178
Summary	p. 179
Review Questions	p. 179
Internet Structure and Function	p. 183
Objectives	p. 184
Global Structure	p. 185
Hierarchical Organization	p. 185
Internet Routing with BGP	p. 198
Summary	p. 206
Review Questions	p. 207
Web Servers, Cookies, and Web Caches	p. 209
Objectives	p. 210
The Process of Fetching Content	p. 210
Requesting Static Content	p. 211
Requesting Dynamic Content	p. 213
Caching	p. 214
The Basics	p. 214
Transparent vs. Nontransparent Caching	p. 217
Forward vs. Reverse Proxy Caching	p. 218
Edge Caching and Content Delivery Networks	p. 221
Cache Interception	p. 223
Caching Products	p. 228
Adding State: HTTP Cookies	p. 231
Understanding "State"	p. 231
Cookies	p. 232
Summary	p. 233
Review Questions	p. 233
Server Load Balancing	p. 235
Objectives	p. 236
Scaling the Internet	p. 236
Single Server Approach	p. 236
Server Farm Approach	p. 237
What Is Server Load Balancing?	p. 237
Virtual Server Group and Virtual IP	p. 238
Technical Benefits	p. 238
Business Benefits	p. 240
Applications	p. 241
Server Load Balancing Operations	p. 242
Solutions	p. 242
The Cisco Solutions--Local Director	p. 243
The Cisco ArrowPoint Load Balancers	p. 247
The Nortel Web Switch	p. 248
Summary	p. 263
Review Questions	p. 264
VRRP and HSRP	p. 267
Objectives	p. 268
Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol	p. 269
Operations	p. 271
Protocol	p. 272
Case studies	p. 274
VRRPe	p. 279
HSRP	p. 279
Protocol	p. 280
Case Studies	p. 283
Summary	p. 286
Review Questions	p. 287
Global Server Load Balancing	p. 289
Objectives	p. 290
Solutions	p. 291
Simple Failover	p. 291
High Availability	p. 292
Geographic Load Balancing	p. 292
How It Works	p. 293
Dynamic Site Selection	p. 293
Backup Servers	p. 294
DNS Based	p. 294
Routing Protocol Based	p. 296
Packet Loss--An Aside	p. 298
Caveats	p. 300
Globalization Techniques	p. 301
Passive Techniques	p. 302
Footrace Techniques	p. 307
Active Techniques	p. 309
Case Studies	p. 312
Directory Services for J. Magellan and Sons	p. 312
Your News Corp	p. 314
Products	p. 316
Summary	p. 318
Review Questions	p. 319
Content Networking and Security	p. 321
Objectives	p. 322
Security	p. 322
Mitigating Denial of Service	p. 323
Filters and Firewalls	p. 326
Filters and Filtering	p. 331
Firewalls and Fire Walling	p. 336
High-Availability Content Security Solutions	p. 340
State Updates and Clustering	p. 347
Firewall Load Balancing	p. 349
Firewall Load Balancing Basics	p. 351
Summary	p. 358
Review Questions	p. 360
Application Redirection	p. 361
Objectives	p. 362
Web Caching	p. 363
Web Caching Applications	p. 364
Web Cache Redirection (WCR)	p. 365
WCCP and WCR	p. 371
DNS Redirection	p. 372
Operation and Benefits	p. 373
DNS Server Health Monitoring	p. 379
Overflow and Backup DNS	p. 380
High Availability DNS	p. 381
SSL Offloading	p. 384
Caveats to SSL Redirection / Offload	p. 386
Other Applications	p. 388
Combinations	p. 388
Summary	p. 388
Review Questions	p. 389
Bandwidth Management	p. 391
Objectives	p. 392
SLA and the Business Case for Managing Bandwidth	p. 393
Before the Bandwidth Management Era	p. 393
PointCast Floods Networks	p. 393
Push Technology Solutions	p. 394
Practical Applications of Bandwidth Management in E-Commerce	p. 395
ISP Environment	p. 395
ASP Environment	p. 395
Enabling Service Providers to Aggregate Profitably	p. 395
Increasing Security and Preventing DoS Attacks	p. 396
Solutions	p. 396
Dedicated Bandwidth Management Appliances	p. 396
Integration with Routers and LAN Switches	p. 400
Integration with Web Switches	p. 402
Integration with Firewall	p. 404
How Bandwidth Management Works--Case Study of the Nortel Solution	p. 406
Overview	p. 406
Traffic Classification and Control	p. 406
Bandwidth Policies	p. 407
Classification Policies	p. 407
Restricting Bandwidth Usage	p. 409
Bandwidth Statistics and History	p. 409
Packet Coloring	p. 410
Configuring Bandwidth Management	p. 411
Standards	p. 414
IETF Diff-Serv Working Group	p. 414
Summary	p. 417
Pros and Cons	p. 417
Standardization Roadmap	p. 418
Future Applications	p. 418
Review Questions	p. 418
Index	p. 421
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