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This document contains an exercises sheet for a Networks and Protocols course, detailing various tasks related to DNS, DHCP, and network configurations. It includes questions requiring yes/no/maybe answers, command outputs to fill in, and theoretical inquiries about network protocols and server functionalities. The exercises aim to assess students' understanding of networking concepts and their practical applications.

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Tutorial 6

This document contains an exercises sheet for a Networks and Protocols course, detailing various tasks related to DNS, DHCP, and network configurations. It includes questions requiring yes/no/maybe answers, command outputs to fill in, and theoretical inquiries about network protocols and server functionalities. The exercises aim to assess students' understanding of networking concepts and their practical applications.

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Intelligent Systems Engineering Department

The National School of Artificial Intelligence


3rd Year, Semester 1 — 2024/2025

NETWORKS AND PROTOCOLS

Exercises Sheet 6
Exercise 1
Part 1
Answer the following questions with yes, no, or maybe.

1. The website google.dz is hosted in Algeria

2. The website google.dz can be hosted outside Algeria

3. The website google.dz can be hosted inside and outside Algeria

Part 2

1. We run the following command dig example.edu from a terminal. Fill in the gaps (rep-
resented by ...) in the following output and answer subsequent questions:
;; QUESTION SECTION:
; ... IN A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
... 86400 IN A 93.184.216.119

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
... 172800 IN NS b.iana-servers.net.
... 172800 IN NS ...

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
a.iana-servers.net. 22728 IN A 199.43.132.53
... 22728 IN AAAA 2001:500:8c::53
... 22728 IN A 199.43.133.53
... 22728 IN AAAA 2001:500:8d::53

2. Does the host b.iana-servers.net have an IPv6 address? If so give it, if not justify.

3. What does 93.184.216.119 represent?

4. What are the name(s) of the domain name servers that have authority over the domain
example.edu?
Exercise 2

1. Recall the role of a DNS server.

2. A web browser is opened at the URL below:


http://www.iut.edu/rep/file.html
(a) What service protocols will the browser use?
(b) What messages will be exchanged between our machine and the other servers involved?

3. Assume that the DNS server used by the machine is down. How can the user access the
file /rep/file.html?

4. Consider the following excerpt from the DNS zone file for the domain iut.edu, which is
hosted on the server dns.iut.edu. The file contains records in the following format:
<name> <type> <value>

iut.edu. NS dns
dns A 10.1.0.1
www A 10.1.0.2
mail A 10.1.0.3
max.student A 10.2.0.100
anna.student A 10.2.0.200

Here, <name> identifies a machine or domain, which can be absolute (ending with a dot)
or relative (relative to the zone name). Multiple records can be associated with a name,
differentiated by their <type>. The <value> of the record depends on its type. In this
example, there are two types: A for defining an IP address and NS (Name Server) for
defining a DNS server for a zone.

(a) What are the full names of the machines in the zone iut.edu for which the server
knows the IP addresses?

(b) We want the domain student.iut.edu to be delegated to another DNS server, called
dns.student.iut.edu with IP address 10.2.0.1. To clarify, our goal is to partition the zone
iut.edu and establish a dedicated subzone for student.iut.edu. What steps are required to
achieve this?

(c) What will be the response of the server dns.iut.edu if it is queried about the machine
anna.student.iut.edu?
Exercise 3

1. Describe the parameters that a DHCP server can provide to a client.


2. To ensure seamless recovery after an unexpected shutdown, such as power outage, what
critical data must a DHCP server persistently store on disk?
3. Given that a DHCP client attempts to reclaim its previous IP address upon restarting,
what are the potential outcomes and implications if the client is shutdown and then
restarted?
4. In a network with multiple DHCP servers, how does a DHCP server determine that its
offer for a client was not accepted?
5. Consider the following messages:
No. Time Source Destination Protocol Info
1 0.000000 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 DHCP DHCP Discover - Transaction ID 0X7e2c562a
2 0.017351 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.2 DHCP DHCP Offer - Transaction ID 0X7e2c562a
3 0.017722 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 DHCP DHCP Request - Transaction ID 0X7e2c562a
4 0.052182 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.2 DHCP DHCP ACK - Transaction ID 0X7e2c562a
5 0.115033 00:00:61:C9:28:31 Broadcast ARP who has 192.168.1.27 Tell 192.168.1.2
6 0.610324 00:00:61:C9:28:31 Broadcast ARP who has 192.168.1.27 Tell 192.168.1.2
7 1.610364 00:00:61:C9:28:31 Broadcast ARP who has 192.168.1.27 Tell 192.168.1.2

a. Identify the IP address of the DHCP server.


b. Identify the IP address that the server proposes for the client.
c. From message 1, does the client know the IP address of the DHCP server? Explain.
d. From message 3, does the client know the IP address of the DHCP server? Explain.
e. What is the purpose of the 3 ARP packets?
Exercise 4

Consider the configuration depicted in the figure above and answer the following questions.
1. Provide an IP configuration for the following hosts: (1) home machine A, (2) home router
X, (3) Algerie Telecom DNS server, (4) university machine B, (5) university DHCP server,
(6) university Web server, (7) university Email server.
2. How many machines can we connect to University Network?
3. Answer the following questions with Yes or No and justify your answer.
a) Machine A can ping Machine B.
b) Machine B can ping Machine A
c) Machine A can ping google.com.
d) google.com can ping Machine A.
e) Machine B can ping DHCP server.
f) Machine A can ping Email server.

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