6.824 - Fall 2001 Schedule

6.824 meets TR 1-2:30 in 6-120

Week of
Sunday
Tuesday
Lecture
Thursday
Lecture
9/2
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9/8
   L1: Infrastructure: Asynchronous programming
Lab handout: Using TCP Through Sockets
Assignment: Asynchronous multifinger
9/9
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9/15
 L2: Infrastructure: Threads
Read: Scheduler Activations
 L3: Infrastructure: Asynchronous network programming
Read: Flash Web Server
Assignment: TCP proxy
Due: asynchronous multifinger
9/16
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9/22
 L4: Infrastructure: Coordination
Read: Fast Mutual Exclusion
Assignment: Web proxy
 L5: Infrastructure: ARPC programming
Read: RPC and XDR specs
Due: TCP proxy
9/23
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9/29
 L6: Infrastructure: Address spaces, transparency, failures
Read: Network Objects 		L7: Infrastructure: Virtual memory
Read: Virtual Memory for User Programs
9/30
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10/6
 L8: File system protocols
Read: User-level FS toolkit
Assignment: SFS Lab
Assignment: project proposal
 L9: Scheduling
Read: Eliminating Receive Livelock
Due: Web proxy
Tomorrow: Add date
10/7
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10/13
 Columbus Day L10: Fast servers
Read: Exokernel
Due: Project Team List
10/14
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10/20
 L11: File systems: layout and consistency
Read: SGI XFS
Due: SFS Lab
 L12: Distributed file systems: naming and consistency
Read: Sprite
Assignment: Mystery lab
Due: project proposal
10/21
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10/27
 No class today.
 L13: Distributed file systems: Striping and consistency
Read: Zebra
Due: Mystery lab
10/28
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11/3
 Mid-term exam L14: Replication, consistency, Lamport clocks
Read: Managing Update Conflicts in Bayou
11/4
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11/10
 L15: Security: Cryptographic protocols
Read: SSL analysis
Recommended reading: SSL3.0
 L16: Security: Authentication and authorization
Read: Taos Authentication
11/11
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11/17
 L17: Security: Key management
Read: SFS
Due: project progress report
 L18: Security: Anonymity and mix-nets
Read:Nym.alias.net
11/18
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11/24
 L19: Security: Censor-resistant publishing
Read: Freenet
Tomorrow: Drop date 		Thanksgiving Vacation
11/25
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12/1
 L20: Peer-to-peer lookup
Read: CFS
 L21: Scalable servers: Replication
Read: Porcupine
12/2
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12/8
 L22: Scalable servers: View change
Read: Harp
Due: final project and paper 		L23: Scalable servers: Byzantine failures
Read: Practical Byzantine fault tolerance
12/9-
12/15
 L24: Program committee meeting
 Classes are over
12/16-
12/22
 Final: Tues Dec 18th, 9am, Dupont

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