Internetworking with TCP IP, Vol. III: Client-Server Programming...

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 601 pages
• Published by: Prentice Hall; US Ed edition September 11, 2000
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0130320714
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0130320711
• Book Dimensions: 9 x 6.9 x 1.6 inches
• Weighs: 2.2 pounds

Book Info
Features practical client-server design principles and techniques presented with the strengths and weaknesses of each approach. looks at powerful techniques such as application gateways and tunneling. DLC: Computer networks.

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This is the Linux/POSIX Sockets Version of Volume III from the most popular TCP/IP Internetworking series ever published. Volume III answers the question, "How does application software us TCP/IP to communicate over an Internet?" The Linux/POSIX Sockets Version is organized for easy reading. First the text explains the client-server paradigm and socket API that application programs use for network communication. It then discusses how the basic tools can be used to create servers, emphasizing practical designs and techniques that are important to programmers.

FEATURES

• Practical client-server design principles and techniques are presented with the strengths and weaknesses of each approach.
• The most complete coverage of server technology shows how to select among server algorithms and build an advanced server appropriate for each application.
• A wide range of server designs applicable to the WWW and other applications are discussed.
• Chapters on streaming technology and the Real-Time Transport Protocol explain how to transfer audio and video over the Internet.
• Each client-server design is illustrated with a detailed example implementation that has been tested under Linus; all code from the book is available on a Web site.
• The book looks at powerful techniques such as application gateways and tunneling.
• It includes the clearest explanation of remote procedure call (RCP) and how it can be used to construct distributed programs.

Reader Reviews
If you are a linux lover and want to dig into client/server (socket) programming , this book is a good choice. Compared with Steven's Unix Network Programming, this book is more simply and clearly written. Not like Steven who is an expert in explaining details, Comer is good at giving a sound explanation of the network programming principle both in theory and in practice. You will find nice "Algorithm" part in many of the examples which is a good abstraction of the general problem. So after the reading you will feel comfortable because of the gain in not only knowledge but also the kind of insight you could use toward other problems. As a distinguished professor in computer science, Comer spells out the single word of engineering ,"Simplicity is beauty", again by presenting this clearly written TCP/IP programming book. Also some most exciting stuff like RTP (realtime transport protocol), Web server programming models are also included in this latest edition of his Vol 3. And as you expected, the full source code of all the chapters is available online. Comment | | (Report this)