• Goals of the System Configuration Framework

• An Example of Mobility

• System Configuration Architecture

• System Configuration Terms

• Interaction of System Configuration Components

• System Configuration APIs

• System Configuration Utilities

• The Persistent Store

• The Dynamic Store

• The Schema: Hierarchy and Definitions

• Configuration Agents

• Layout of the Persistent Store

• The Sets Dictionary

• The NetworkServices Dictionary

• The Interface Dictionary

• Protocol Entity Dictionaries

• AppleTalk

• DNS

• IPv4

• IPv6

• PPP

• Hardware Entity Dictionaries

• The Proxies Dictionary

• Behavior of the Configuration Agents

• Preferences Monitor

• Kernel Event Monitor

• IPv4 Configuration Agent

• IPv6 Configuration Agent

• IP Monitor

• PPP Controller

• Using the Schema

• Programmatically Setting Preferences

• Getting Detailed PPP Connection-Status Information

• Getting Notifications

• Scope of the Reachability and Connection APIs

• A Reachability and Connection Example

• Using the Reachability API

• Creating a Reference

• Adding a Target to a Run Loop

• Associating a Callback Function With the Target

• Determining Reachability

• Using the Network Connection API

• Creating a Connection Reference

• Adding a Connection Reference to a Run Loop

• Starting and Stopping a Connection

• Getting the Status of a Connection