Full course content for NET-101. The sidebar to the left lists every overview document, weekly module, and lab. Pick a starting point below or use the sidebar to jump anywhere.
Start here: VCA-NET-101: Networks and Packet Analysis, Course Outline (v0.1) →
Overview
Weekly modules
- Week 1: What Is a Network?
- Week 2: Ethernet and ARP
- Week 3: IPv4
- Week 4: ICMP -- Ping and Traceroute
- Week 5: UDP -- Datagram Services
- Week 6: TCP I -- Handshake and Connection Mechanics
- Week 7: TCP II -- Flow Control and Congestion Control
- Week 8: DNS -- The Domain Name System
- Week 9: HTTP -- Request, Response, and the pcap-tools Workbench
- Week 10: TLS -- Encryption and the CVE Quartet
- Week 11: NSM and Display Filters
- Week 12: Capstone and Bridge to Next Courses
Labs
- Lab 2-1: Ethernet and ARP
- Lab 3-1: IPv4 Header Fields
- Lab 4-1: ICMP -- Ping and Traceroute
- Lab 5-1: DHCP Handshake
- Lab 5-2: DNS Query and Response
- Lab 6-1: TCP Three-Way Handshake
- Lab 6-2: TCP Connection Teardown
- Lab 7-1: TCP Window and Flow Control
- Lab 8-1: DNS Deep-Dive
- Lab 9-1: HTTP GET Trace
- Lab 9-2: pcap-tools Workbench Tour
- Lab 10-1: TLS Handshake
- Lab 10-2: Wireshark CVE Mini-Module
- Lab 11-1: Display Filters
- Lab 11-2: Snort and Suricata Rules
- Lab 12-1: Capstone Lab
- Lab Spec: NET-101 TCP Three-Way Handshake Replay Interactive
- Lab Spec: NET-101 TLS 1.3 Handshake Replay Interactive