April
1999 QUESTION 1 (Compulsory) Total Marks: 20 Marks |
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| (a) | What is IETF? How does it disseminate
information?
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| (b) | Explain the components of Fully Qualified
Domain Name (FQDN) with a suitable example.
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| (c) | Distinguish between compression and encryption.
How are they related?
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| (d) | Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of
using the Shortest Path algorithm for routing in the network layer.
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| (e) | FTP treats some files in a special way. Does
FTP recognise html pages? Explain your answer.
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| (f) | IP provides a simpler network service than TCP. In what ways is it different? | [2] |