Effective TCP/IP Programming

Table of Contents

Introduction

Basics

 

Tip 1 :  Understand the Difference between Connected and Connectionless Protocols

Tip 2 :  Understand Subnets and CIDR

Tip 3 :  Understand Private Addresses and NAT

Tip 4 :  Develop and Use Application ``Skeletons''

Tip 5 :  Prefer the Sockets Interface to XTI/TLI

Tip 6 :  Remember That TCP Is a Stream Protocol

Tip 7 :  Don't Underestimate the Performance of TCP

Tip 8 :  Avoid Reinventing TCP

Tip 9 :  Realize That TCP Is a Reliable Protocol, Not an Infallible Protocol

Tip 10 :  Remember That TCP/IP Is Not Polled

Tip 11 :  Be Prepared for Rude Behavior from a Peer

Tip 12 :  Don't Assume That a Successful LAN Strategy Will Scale to a WAN

Tip 13 :  Learn How the Protocols Work

Tip 14 :  Don't Take the OSI Seven-Layer Reference Model Too Seriously

Building Effective and Robust Network Programs

 

Tip 15 :  Understand the TCP Write Operation

Tip 16 :  Understand the TCP Orderly Release Operation

Tip 17 :  Consider Letting inetd Launch Your Application

Tip 18 :  Consider Letting tcpmux ``Assign'' Your Server's Well-known Port

Tip 19 :  Consider Using Two TCP Connections

Tip 20 :  Consider Making Your Applications Event Driven (1)

Tip 21 :  Consider Making Your Applications Event Driven (2)

Tip 22 :  Don't Use TIME-WAIT Assassination to Close a Connection

Tip 23 :  Servers Should Set the SO_REUSEADDR Option

Tip 24 :  When Possible, Use One Large Write Instead of Multiple Small Writes

Tip 25 :  Understand How to Time Out a connect Call

Tip 26 :  Avoid Data Copying

Tip 27 :  Zero the sockaddr_in Structure Before Use

Tip 28 :  Don't Forget About Byte Sex

Tip 29 :  Don't Hardcode IP Addresses or Port Numbers in Your Application

Tip 30 :  Understand Connected UDP Sockets

Tip 31 :  Remember That All the World's Not C

Tip 32 :  Understand the Effects of Buffer Sizes

Tools and Resources

 

Tip 33 :  Become Familiar with the ping Utility

Tip 34 :  Learn to Use tcpdump or a Similar Tool

Tip 35 :  Learn to Use traceroute

Tip 36 :  Learn to Use ttcp

Tip 37 :  Learn to Use lsof

Tip 38 :  Learn to Use netstat

Tip 39 :  Learn to Use Your System's Call Trace Facility

Tip 40 :  Build and Use a Tool to Capture ICMP Messages

Tip 41 :  Read Stevens

Tip 42 :  Read Code

Tip 43 :  Visit the RFC Editor's Page

Tip 44 :  Frequent the News Groups

Miscellaneous UNIX Code

 

A.1  etcp.h Header

A.2  The daemon Function

A.3  The signal Function

Miscellaneous Windows Code

 

B.1  The skel.h Header

B.2  Windows Compatibility Routines

Bibliography

Index