UNIX Network Programming: Networking APIs: Sockets and XTI; Volume 1

The only guide to UNIX network programming APIs you'll ever need!

Whether you write Web servers, client/server applications, or any other network software, you need to understand networking APIS--especially sockets in greater detail than ever before. You need UNIX Network Programming, Volume 1, Second Edition.

In this book, leading UNIX networking expert W. Richard Stevens offers unprecedented, start-to-finish guidance on making the most of sockets, the de facto standard for UNIX network programming--as well as extensive coverage of the X/Open Transport Interface (XTI).

Stevens begins by introducing virtually every basic capability of TCP and UDP sockets, including socket functions and options, I/O multiplexing, and name and address conversions. He presents detailed coverage of the Posix.1g standard for sockets and the Posix threads. He also introduces advanced techniques for:

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• Establishing IPv4/IPv6 interoperability.
  
  
• Implementing non-blocking I/O.
  
  
• Routing sockets.
  
  
• Broadcasting and multicasting.
  
  
• IP options.
  
  
• Multithreading.
  
  
• Advanced name and address conversions.
  
  
• UNIX domain protocols.
  
  
• Raw sockets.
  
  

The Internet/intranet revolution has dramatically increased the demand for developers with a sophisticated understanding of network programming APIs, especially sockets. One book contains all you need to know: UNIX Network Programming, Volume 1, Second Edition.

This is a guide and reference for network programming using the sockets and XTI (X/Open Transport Interface) APIs, and is based on the TCP/IP suite of protocols for IP v4 and v6. The book overviews client/server concepts, standards and functions before diving into the internals of the transport layer (TCP & UDP) states, buffer sizes and protocol usage. A large part of this publication (24 chapters) dissects sockets API programming.