Network Programming with Perl

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: 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. Learn how to choose among today's leading client/server design approaches, including TCP iterative, concurrent, preforked and prethreaded servers. Master the X/Open Transport Interface, including XTI TCP clients and servers, name and address functions, options, streams and additional functions. 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. An introductory tutorial or class text and a reference for experienced programmers. Revised from the 1990 edition by using ANSI C for all examples, expanding and rearranging much of the material, dropping the explanation of UNIX, describing the Posix interface, some terminology change, and covering several new topics. It has also been divided into at least three volumes; the second probably on interprocess communications and the third on applications. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or. "The Perl Cookbook is a comprehensive collection of problems, solutions, and practical examples for anyone programming in Perl. Topics range from beginner questions to techniques that even the most experienced Perl programmers can learn from. More than just a collection of tips and tricks, the Perl Cookbook is the long-awaited companion volume to Programming Perl, filled with previously unpublished Perl arcana."--BOOK JACKET Thorough and authoritative, this book contains comprehensive coverage of the sockets API, the defacto standard for network programming. Once the basics are covered, the author moves on to advanced sockets topics, including IPv4 and IPv6 interoperability, UNIX domain protocols, nonblocking I/O, broadcasting, multicasting, threads and routing sockets. Client/server design alternatives are also fully examined. The Perl Cookbook is a collection of problems, solutions, and practical examples for anyone using the Perl programming language. The examples range in complexity from brief one-liners to complete applications. The publisher represents it as a companion volume to "Programming Perl", also by Christiansen. Forward by Larry Wall. 733 pages. Paperback. Scroll down to the Underground 1 Network Programming with Perl 2 Agenda 3 Introduction 4 Socket properties 5 The socket model 9 Using UDP 26 IO::Socket 32 Finding information about a socket 37 Types of server 40 Common problems 45 Case studies 57 "The Perl Cookbook" collects together hundreds of problems and their solutions (with examples) for anyone programming in Perl. Topics range from beginners questions to techniques for more experienced programmers. v. 1. Networking APIs, sockets and XTI v. 2. Interprocess communications.