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CSE 421 ID: 18101085 Application Layer Protocols (HTTP - Smtp/Pop) Examination Lab

This document describes an examination lab to observe application layer protocols like HTTP, SMTP, and POP. [Students are instructed to] capture network traffic and examine protocol data units when a web page is loaded, an email is sent, and emails are retrieved. [The objectives are to] observe the exchange of packets between clients and servers using these protocols and analyze the packet contents at each stage of communication.

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CSE 421 ID: 18101085 Application Layer Protocols (HTTP - Smtp/Pop) Examination Lab

This document describes an examination lab to observe application layer protocols like HTTP, SMTP, and POP. [Students are instructed to] capture network traffic and examine protocol data units when a web page is loaded, an email is sent, and emails are retrieved. [The objectives are to] observe the exchange of packets between clients and servers using these protocols and analyze the packet contents at each stage of communication.

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CSE 421 ID: 18101085

Application Layer Protocols (HTTP.SMTP/POP)


Examination Lab

Objectives:

Capture traffic and observe the PDUS for HTTP, SMTP, POP.

Task 1: Observe HTTP traffic exchange between a client and server.

Step 1 – Run the simulation and capture the traffic.

 Enter Simulation mode.


 Click on the PC1. Open the Web Browser from the Desktop.
 Enter www.bracu.ac.bd into the browser. Clicking on Go will initiate a web server
request. Minimize the Web Client configuration window.
 Two packets appear in the Event List, a DNS request needed to resolve the URL
to the IP address of the web server and an ARP request needed to resolve the IP
address of the server to its hardware MAC address.
 Click the Auto Capture / Play button to run the simulation and capture events.
 Sit tight and observe the packets flowing through the network.

 When the above message appears Click “View Previous Events".


 Click on PC1. The web browser displays a web page appears.

Step 2 – Examine the following captured traffic.

Our objective in this lab is only to observe HTTP traffic.

Last Device At Device Type


1. PC1 Switch 0 HTTP
2.. Local Web Server Switch 1 HTTP

 Find the following packets given in the table above in the Event List, and click on
the colored square in the Info column.

 When you click on the Info square for a packet in the event list the PDU
Information window opens. If you click on these layers, the algorithm used by the device
(in this case, the PC) is displayed. View what is going on at each layer.
 Examine the PDU information for the remaining events in the exchange.

For packet 1::

What kind of HTTP packet is packet no. 1?

HTTP Request

Click onto “Inbound PDU details” tab. Scroll down at the end, what do you see?

HTTP request details. HTTP request accept

For packet 2:

Click onto “Inbound PDU details” tab. Scroll down at the end, what do you see? What kind of
HTTP packet is this?

We can see the connection is now closed. It’s a HTTP response.

Task 2: Observe email traffic exchange between a client and email


server using SMTP and POP3.

Step 1 – Run the simulation and capture the traffic.

 On the Event List window click “Reset Simulation” button. All previous packets
will disappear.
 At the bottom of the Event List window, there is a filter which filters the protocols
that we want to see. Click Edit filters. Another window appears showing different
protocols, unclick HTTP and click SMTP and POP3.

 Click a space anywhere outside the popup window, then it will disappear.
 Your Event List Filter should be as shown below:

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 Now click on the PC1. Close the web browser window. Open the Email from
the Desktop. A mail browser window will open. Click “compose”, another
window appears.

 Fill the window as shown and press send.


 Minimize the client window .
 Click the Auto Capture / Play button to run the simulation and capture events.
 Sit tight and observe the packets flowing through the network.
 This interaction is between the sender client and its email server.

Step 2 – Examine the following captured traffic.

Our objective in this lab is only to observe SMTP traffic.

Last Device At Device Type


3. PC1 Switch 0 DNS
4. PC1 Switch 0 SMTP
5. Bracu Email Server Switch 1 SMTP

 Find the following packets given in the table above in the Event List, and click on
the colored square in the Info column.
 Examine the PDU information.

For packet 4::

What is the purpose of this DNS packet?

To get the IP Address of BRACU email server

For packet 5& 6::

Explain why SMTP packet was sent to the email server and the server replied with an SMTP
packet?

The SMTP packet was sent to request communication with the email server and
the

server responded with acknowledgement of the request.


Step 3 – Run the simulation and capture the traffic for POP.

 On the Event List window click “Reset Simulation” button. All previous packets
will disappear.
 Now click on the PC0. Open the Email from the Desktop. A mail browser window
will open. Click “receive”, minimize the window.
 Click the Auto Capture / Play button to run the simulation and capture events.
 Sit tight and observe the packets flowing through the network.
 This interaction is between the sender client and its email server.

Step 2 – Examine the following captured traffic.

Our objective in this lab is only to observe POP traffic.

Last Device At Device Type


6. PC1 Switch 0 DNS
7. PC1 Switch 0 POP3
8. Bracu Email Server Switch 1 POP3

 Find the following packets given in the table above in the Event List, and click on
the colored square in the Info column.
 Examine the PDU information.

For packet 6::

What is the purpose of this DNS packet?

DNS request to local DNS server in order to find the IP address of BRACU email

server.

For packet 7&8::

Explain why POP packet was sent to the email server and the server replied with a
POP packet?

POP packet was sent to the email server as a request to retrieve email from the server

and the server sent a POP packet as a response to the request

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