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Report on RAD ials (First sur no qualifications like Dr. College Position in organisationPlace of authorRAD University Application Protocol Tutorials InvestigatedAbstractThe research is on tutorials supplied by RAD University (2011 RAD). And to report back on three of the tutorials on the Application Protocols web page. These are written by students of various leading universities across Israel, under the tutelage of Dr Debby Koren. 1. The tutorial on the Post Office Protocol (POP) (Ayelet, Guy, no date) is very informative, it is a web page with links to pages on POP1 or POP3.

POP is used for The Post Office Protocol (POP) first issued on October 1984. It was published in RFC 918. The protocol is a simple method for workstations to access mail from a mailbox server. The protocol is dependent upon TCP (Transfer Control Protocol) and assumes that mail is posted by SMTP (the POP deals only with mail retrieval - not with mail posting). This protocol is the de-facto protocol for retrieving mail from a mail server, due to its easy implementation, and simplicity of use, which does not hurt its strength, Ayelet et al (nd).

The writers have given very clear explanations on the protocol from its start to how it works; there is a great demonstration on showing the stages it works through. It’s interesting to be able to learn more on POP in such a great way, the web pages help understanding.2. The secure networking protocols (Koren, 2011), which is very different in its presentation being a written article, it is informative but dull reading. Not such a good way to learn it is important to know about this, as without security on network protocols there is a good chance of hacking the system.

But oh boy, it was boring in its presentation.3. Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) tutorial, (Kern, no date) is a series of web pages with written pieces on each page from an introduction to the writers, to in-depth work on SMTP including the animated demonstration. SMTP is very widely used as an e-mail protocol, the exchange of E-Mail using TCP/IP is performed by a message transfer agent (MTA). Users normally dont deal with the MTA. The system administrator is responsible to set up the local MTA.

The SMTP protocol describes how two MTAs communicate with each other using a single TCP connection, Avraham et al (nd). This tutorial is a great way to help understanding.SummaryThe RAD University tutorials are very helpful; I chose the ones I felt I was curious to know more about. And certainly two of the tutorials on POP and SMTP did this. Not so sure about the one on network security by Dr. Koren. It felt old fashioned, I found it difficult to just read it and take in the information. Generally, there are variations in the tutorials some will appeal to certain types of person and not to others, they seem to be good quality and up to date.

So mainly a good experience, and I have bookmarked RAD University for my future studies.CitationsRAD Data Communications, Ltd (2011), Tutorials, Application Protocols. From: http://www.rad.com/12/5266/Ayelet Shemesh, Schrieber Guy. Tel Aviv University. A part of the course “Protocols and Computer Networks”. Post Office Protocol, (POP), (nd).Koren Debby, The Dean. (2011). Secure Networking Protocols. RAD Data Communications Ltd. Tutorials.Kern Avraham, Gokham Michael, Cohen Zahi, Yossef Eyal Mor, Tel Aviv University.

A part of the course “Protocols and Computer Networks”, SMTP. (nd)