Homework 3

Grading Criteria for HW 3 Explained

Basic Functionality (50 points)
- Works with a normal server (128.213.1.1) to find monica.cs.rpi.edu 25 points
- Works with a non-recursive server (a.root-servers.net) 25 points
- Penalty for not making the answer of the request clear -5 points
Advanced Functionality
- An echo of the message request is sent back as the response... it should not crash (5 points)
- 1000 characters of garbage are sent back as the response... it should not crash (10 points) This test is still running on monte.cs.rpi.edu if you wish to try.
- A message is set to a non-existant server. It should retransmit and then time out. (5 points)
- A query is sent for a non existant host. Should not crash (5 points)
Style 25 points
- Deductions were taken for a variety of reasons including unfreed mallocs, poorly commented code, poorly styled code, neglecting network byte ordering, missing readme files or anything I determined was bad style.
Programs which did not compile or pass the basic functionality tests were only elligible for style points
The average grade was: 74 The median grade was:85