Distributed Systems: Labs

For some topics, exercises and code are available on the course website.

• Networking 
• Java Socket APIs 
• Java Remote Method Invocation 
• Domain Name System 
• Java Threads 

These are conceptual exercises to be discussed in the labs:

• Exercises  (Slides, Handouts)

• Exercises Client-Server Communication  (Slides, Handouts)

Participants in the 3 labs on Routing have been assigned to the two slots based on a poll.

To obtain a lab mark, students have to work out the assignments for the course:

• P1. Internet Chat System  (Project Description)

• C1. Routing  (Coursework Description)

• P2. MD5 Cracker  (Project Description)

  Here is a piece of code that shows how to call the MD5 algorithm in Java.