...the client process opens a TCP connection to a server, at port number xx...In this lecture, we examine what this really means from the perspective of a programmer writing a TCP-based client or (more complex) a server.
C, the standard
system-level programming language on Unix systems. You should be
aware that the concepts we will introduce in today's lecture were
originally (like most Internet protocols) developed in a Unix
environment, and still retain some of the flavour of Unix
-- that is, when you occasionally wonder why the designers took a
particular approach, the answer is quite likely "...that's
how it's done in Unix..| Lecture 9: Socket Programming Interface | Copyright © 2005 P.Scott, La Trobe University Bendigo. |