Learning Outcomes

In this free course, you will learn how to:

• Identify the different elements of an IP network
• Explain how network certificates are used and verified
• Discuss the function of leaf, root and core nodes
• Describe the purpose and functionality of a distributed hash table (DHT)
• State the type of messages sent in DHT networks
• Explain the process of static and dynamic partitioning of a node ID space
• Compute node IDs in the octal and hexadecimal number systems
• Explain the process of how a new node enters a network
• Explain how routing tables are updated in Kademlia and Pastry
• Describe how routing tables are managed in a multi-layer DHT network