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TCP/IP Sockets in C, 2nd Edition

by Michael J. Donahoo, Kenneth L. Calvert

March 2009

Intermediate to advanced

216 pages

5h 20m

English

Morgan Kaufmann

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Changes from the First EditionPlatform Requirements and Portability
1.1 Networks, Packets, and Protocols1.2 About Addresses1.3 About Names1.4 Clients and Servers1.5 What Is a Socket?Exercises
2.1 IPv4 TCP Client2.2 IPv4 TCP Server2.3 Creating and Destroying Sockets2.4 Specifying Addresses2.5 Connecting a Socket2.6 Binding to an Address2.7 Handling Incoming Connections2.8 Communication2.9 Using IPv6Exercises
3.1 Mapping Names to Numbers3.2 Writing Address-Generic Code3.3 Getting Names from NumbersExercises
4.1 UDP Client4.2 UDP Server4.3 Sending and Receiving with UDP Sockets4.4 Connecting a UDP SocketExercises
5.1 Encoding Integers5.2 Constructing, Framing, and Parsing Messages5.3 Wrapping UpExercises

6.1 Socket Options6.2 Signals6.3 Nonblocking I/O6.4 Multitasking6.5 Multiplexing6.6 Multiple RecipientsExercises
7.1 Buffering and TCP7.2 Deadlock Danger7.3 Performance Implications7.4 TCP Socket Life Cycle7.5 Demultiplexing DemystifiedExercises
8.1 PracticalSocket Library Overview8.2 Plus One ServiceExercises8.3 Survey Service8.4 Survey Service, Mark 2Exercises

Overview

TCP/IP Sockets in C: Practical Guide for Programmers, Second Edition is a quick and affordable way to gain the knowledge and skills needed to develop sophisticated and powerful web-based applications. The book's focused, tutorial-based approach enables the reader to master the tasks and techniques essential to virtually all client-server projects using sockets in C. This edition has been expanded to include new advancements such as support for IPv6 as well as detailed defensive programming strategies.

If you program using Java, be sure to check out this book’s companion, TCP/IP Sockets in Java: Practical Guide for Programmers, 2nd Edition.

Includes completely new and expanded sections that address the IPv6 network environment, defensive programming, and the select() system call, thereby allowing the reader to program in accordance with the most current standards for internetworking.
Streamlined and concise tutelage in conjunction with line-by-line code commentary allows readers to quickly program web-based applications without having to wade through unrelated and discursive networking tenets.