Practical Linux Socket Programming

Author: Yu Wei Translated
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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: There are already many books introducing computer networks, but most of them seem more suitable for advanced programmers, while for numerous beginners who just want to learn the usage, they appear too profound. By studying this book, readers can master the knowledge of socket programming. At the same time, this book uses a method called "BYexample" to improve readers' learning efficiency, with each chapter built upon the foundation of the previous one.
In the Part "Basic Socket Concepts," after explaining the basic concepts of domains and address families, socket types, and connection-oriented/non-connection protocols, it introduces the writing methods of simple client/server programs and hostname/networkname lookup programs. After mastering the Part "Basic Socket Concepts," readers can then start learning the Part "Advanced Socket Programming," which may be a challenge for some readers. This part covers more in-depth topics such as socket standard I/O, concurrent client service programs, socket options, UDP broadcasting, out-of-band data, inetd daemons, network security programming, and credentials and file descriptors. Through the application examples in the last chapter, it integrates the many concepts introduced earlier.