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Understanding the Internet: A glimpse into the building blocks, applications, security and hidden secrets of the web

Edited by Kevin Curran, University of Ulster, UK

Chandos Information Professional Series

 - written by a highly knowledgeable and well-respected practitioner in the field
 - draws on the author’s wide-ranging practical experience of developing web and mobile web applications and indeed teaching Internet technologies at a university for many years
 - provides insight into how the Internet is put together and the novel applications which are currently residing on it

A straightforward overview with minimum technical descriptions of the underlying networking principles, standards, applications and uses of the Internet. Understanding the Internet explains the underlying networking concepts, the protocols and standards which comprise the Internet, Internet trends and applications, the mobile Internet, security and the hidden Web. The Internet and World Wide Web are dramatically changing the world we live in and this book provides a holistic view of the Internet so that practitioners and users can more fully understand the concepts involved.

ISBN 1 84334 499 8
ISBN-13: 978 1 84334 499 5
October 2009
320 pages  234 x 156mm  paperback  
£52.50 / US$90.00 / €65.00

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About the editor

Dr Curran is a senior lecturer in Computer Science at the University of Ulster. His achievements include winning and managing UK & European Framework projects and Technology Transfer Schemes. He has published over 300 research papers to date in the field of Internet technologies especially emerging trends within computer networks, mobile computing and the Web. He is the Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Ambient Computing and Intelligence and is also a member of 15 Journal Editorial Committees and numerous international conference committees. He is an SMIEEE, MBCS CITP, MACM, MIEE and FHEA.

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Contents

Introduction
Kevin Curran

Internet protocols
Kevin Curran
 - Introduction
 - Background
 - Internet protocols
 - Conclusion

What causes delay in the Internet?
Kevin Curran, Derek Woods and Nadene McDermot
 - Introduction
 - Maximum packet size
 - DNS, caching and Web page delays
 - Flow control
 - Router congestion control
 - Gateway protocols

Mesh networking
Kevin Curran, Derek Hawkes, Scott Hulme and Christopher Laughlin
 - Introduction
 - Wireless mesh network architecture
 - Design of wireless mesh networks
 - Wireless mesh network applications
 - Conclusion

Wireless sensor networks
Kevin Curran, Gary Doherty and David O’Callaghan
 - Introduction
 - Wireless sensor hardware
 - Conclusion

WebOS – moving the operating system to the Web
Kevin Curran, Leanne Doak and Damien Armstrong
 - Introduction
 - WebOS implementations
 - Conclusion

Really Simple Syndication (RSS)
Kevin Curran and Sheila McCarthy
 - Introduction
 - RSS standard
 - RSS enclosures
 - RSS systems
 - The future for RSS
 - Conclusion

Javascript, XML, E4X and AJAX
Kevin Curran, Karen Lee and David McClenaghan
 - Introduction
 - JavaScript and XML
 - The AJAX model
 - E4X and JSON
 - Social interaction technologies and AJAX
 - Conclusion

VoiceXML
Kevin Curran and Ashlean McNulty
 - Introduction
 - The importance of voice recognition
 - VXML
 - Conclusions

Web services
Kevin Curran and Padraig O’Kane
 - Introduction
 - History of Web services
 - Web service technologies
 - Future of Web services
 - Conclusion

Web 2.0
Kevin Curran, David Stephen Norrby and Martin Christian
 - Introduction
 - Web 2.0
 - Popular trends
 - Web 2.0 technology
 - Popular Web 2.0 sites
 - Conclusion

Mobile social software
Kevin Curran, Jason Downey and Danny Otterson
 - Introduction
 - MSS providers
 - Risks of MSS
 - Conclusion

The long tail
Kevin Curran, Danielle McCartney and Karen McClean
 - Introduction
 - The long tail and the Internet
 - The future
 - Conclusion

Podcasting, screencasting, blogging and videoblogging
Kevin Curran, David Pollock and Colleen Ferguson
 - Introduction
 - Podcasting
 - Screencasting
 - Blogging
 - Videoblogging
 - Conclusion

Worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX)
Kevin Curran, Francis Doherty, Conrad Deighan and Gerard Galway
 - Introduction
 - WiMAX physical layers
 - WiMAX versus 3G and Wi-Fi
 - Conclusion

Hybrid Web applications
Karen Lee, Joan Condell and Kevin Curran
 - Introduction
 - Hybrid webified applications
 - Google Gears
 - Conclusion

Designing for the mobile Web
Kevin Curran and Winston Huang
 - Introduction
 - Mobile Web-enabling technologies
 - Mobile device HCI
 - Conclusion

Adaptive mobile applications
Conrad Deighan, Joan Condell and Kevin Curran
 - Introduction
 - Dynamic mobile applications
 - Intel Mobile SDK
 - Conclusion

Cryptography
Kevin Curran, Niall Smyth and Brian McGrory
 - Introduction
 - Popular encryption methods
 - Conclusion

Honeynets
Kevin Curran and Mairead Feeney
 - Introduction
 - The history of honeynets
 - Intrusion detection systems
 - Botnets
 - Honeypot tools
 - Conclusion

Wireless 802.11 security
Kevin Curran and Elaine Smyth
 - Introduction
 - Signal leakage
 - Wired equivalent protocol
 - War-driving
 - Types of attack
 - Conclusion

The problem of spam email
John Honan and Kevin Curran
 - Introduction
 - Existing anti-spam methods
 - Proposed industry solutions
 - Spammer profitability
 - Conclusion

Computer hacking
Kevin Curran, Peter Breslin, Kevin McLaughlin and Gary Tracey
 - Introduction
 - Eavesdropping
 - Key loggers
 - Spyware
 - Packet sniffing
 - Web server hacking
 - Password cracking
 - Conclusion

The invisible Web
Edwina Sweeney and Kevin Curran
 - Introduction
 - State of the art in searching the Deep Web
 - Conclusion

Digital watermarking and steganography
Kevin Curran, Xuelong Xi and Roisin Clarke
 - Introduction
 - Image steganography
 - Application of steganography to images
 - Digital watermarking
 - Attacks on watermarks
 - Requirements of a steganographic system
 - Implementation of steganography
 - Conclusion

Vertical search engines
Kevin Curran and Jude McGlinchey
 - Introduction
 - Vertical and broad-based search engines
 - Vertical search engine advertising
 - Conclusion

Web intelligence
Kevin Curran, Cliona Murphy and Stephen Annesley
 - Introduction
 - Multimedia information retrieval
 - Intelligent agents
 - Conclusion

Summary
Kevin Curran