Unix/Linux Network Programming Training Course

Unix/Linux Network Programming

Note: During the Covid-19 crisis, courses will only be delivered over the web

4 days hands-on £1,940+VAT

This course can be delivered over the web

Next scheduled date:
Monday January 20^th, 2025 Enrol Now!

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Unix/Linux distributed programming with sockets, the Transport Layer Interface and remote procedure calls

Outline

Unix Programming Review

File handling
Process control
Signals

Programming Berkeley Sockets

Socket addresses
Socket system calls
Using stream pipes
Socket options
Asynchronous communications
I/O multiplexing
Out-of-band data
Signals
Network utility routines

Programming The Transport Layer Interface (TLI)

Transport endpoint addresses
TLI functions
STREAMS
Using stream pipes
I/O multiplexing
Asynchronous communications
Out-of-band data
Signals

Common Clients

I/O multiplexing
File transfer (TFTP)
Making DNS queries
Querying mail server (MX) records
E-mail transmission (SMTP)
Diagnostics (Ping)
Remote login

Remote Procedure Calls

The RPC model
Parameter passing
Binding
Data representation
Exception handling

Overview

TCP/IP is the underlying protocol of the Internet. As such, it is encountered in the vast majority of computer networks. It is implemented on all major platforms and is therefore a key element in multi-vendor systems.

Objectives

On successful completion of this course, participants will be able to:

Understand the Unix/Linux interfaces to networking
Develop distributed Unix/Linux applications using Berkeley sockets
Develop distributed Unix/Linux applications using the Transport Layer Interface (TLI)
Write client software to access standard TCP/IP servers
Write custom TCP/IP servers

Audience

This course is for programmers and analysts who wish to write distributed applications of network systems software in C. The course is primarily aimed at Unix and Linux platforms but many of the techniques are applicable under Windows.

Prerequisites

Participants must have a knowledge of C or C++ up to the level covered in the C Programming course, and a knowledge of Unix or Linux up to the level covered in the Introduction to Unix/Linux and Shell Programming course.

We also recommend that participants be familiar with standard Unix/Linux programming concepts, such as those covered in the Unix/Linux System Programming course.

Familiarity with TCP/IP networks is helpful but not essential.

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Unix/Linux Network Programming

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