Network Programming with Perl
Network Programming with Perl
ISBN: 0201615711
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2000
Pages: 173
Pages: 173
Authors: Lincoln D. Stein
- Main Page
- Table of content
- Copyright
- Preface
- This Book s Audience
- Roadmap
- The Many Versions of Perl
- Getting the Code for the Code Examples
- Installing Modules
- Online Documentation
- Acknowledgments
- Part 1: Basics
- Chapter 1. InputOutput Basics
- Perl and Networking
- Networking Made Easy
- Filehandles
- Using Object-Oriented Syntax with the IO::Handle and IO::File Modules
- Summary
- Chapter 2. Processes, Pipes, and Signals
- Processes
- Pipes
- Signals
- Summary
- Chapter 3. Introduction to Berkeley Sockets
- Clients, Servers, and Protocols
- Berkeley Sockets
- Socket Addressing
- A Simple Network Client
- Network Names and Services
- Network Analysis Tools
- Summary
- Chapter 4. The TCP Protocol
- A TCP Echo Client
- Socket Functions Related to Outgoing Connections
- A TCP Echo Server
- Adjusting Socket Options
- Other Socket-Related Functions
- Exceptional Conditions during TCP Communications
- Summary
- Chapter 5. The IO::Socket API
- Using IO::Socket
- IO::Socket Methods
- More Practical Examples
- Concurrent Clients
- Summary
- Part 2: Developing Clients for Common Services
- Chapter 6. FTP and Telnet
- Net::FTP
- Net::Telnet
- Summary
- Chapter 7. SMTP: Sending Mail
- Introduction to the Mail Modules
- Net::SMTP
- MailTools
- MIME-Tools
- Summary
- Chapter 8. POP, IMAP, and NNTP
- The Post Office Protocol
- The IMAP Protocol
- Internet News Clients
- A News-to-Mail Gateway
- Summary
- Chapter 9. Web Clients
- Installing LWP
- LWP Basics
- LWP Examples
- Part 3: Developing TCP ClientServer Systems
- Chapter 10. Forking Servers and theinetdDaemon
- Standard Techniques for Concurrency
- Running Example: A Psychotherapist Server
- The Psychotherapist as a Forking Server
- A Client Script for the Psychotherapist Server
- Daemonization on UNIX Systems
- Starting Network Servers Automatically
- Using theinetdSuper Daemon
- Summary
- Chapter 11. Multithreaded Applications
- About Threads
- A Multithreaded Psychiatrist Server
- A Multithreaded Client
- Summary
- Chapter 12. Multiplexed Applications
- A Multiplexed Client
- The IO::Select Module
- A Multiplexed Psychiatrist Server
- Summary
- Chapter 13. Nonblocking IO
- Creating Nonblocking IO Handles
- Using Nonblocking Handles
- Using Nonblocking Handles with Line-Oriented IO
- A Generic Nonblocking IO Module
- Nonblocking Connects and Accepts
- Summary
- Chapter 14. Bulletproofing Servers
- Using the System Log
- Setting User Privileges
- Taint Mode
- Using chroot()
- Handling HUP and Other Signals
- Summary
- Chapter 15. Preforking and Prethreading
- Preforking
- Prethreading
- Performance Measures
- Summary
- Chapter 16. IO::Poll
- Using IO::Poll
- IO::Poll Events
- IO::Poll Methods
- A Nonblocking TCP Client Using IO::Poll
- Summary
- Part 4: Advanced Topics
- Chapter 17. TCP Urgent Data
- Using TCP Urgent Data
- The sockatmark() Function
- A Travesty Server
- Summary
- Chapter 18. The UDP Protocol
- A Time of Day Client
- Creating and Using UDP Sockets
- UDP Errors
- Using UDP Sockets with IO::Socket
- Sending to Multiple Hosts
- UDP Servers
- Increasing the Robustness of UDP Applications
- Summary
- Chapter 19. UDP Servers
- An Internet Chat System
- The Chat Client
- The Chat Server
- Detecting Dead Clients
- Summary
- Chapter 20. Broadcasting
- Unicasting versus Broadcasting
- Broadcasting Explained
- Sending and Receiving Broadcasts
- Broadcasting Without the Broadcast Address
- Enhancing the Chat Client to Support Resource Discovery
- Summary
- Chapter 21. Multicasting
- Multicast Basics
- Using Multicast
- Sample Multicast Applications
- Summary
- Chapter 22. UNIX-Domain Sockets
- Using UNIX-Domain Sockets
- A
- Using UNIX-Domain Sockets for Datagrams
- Summary
- Appendix A. Additonal Source Code
- Net::NetmaskLite (Chapter3)
- PromptUtil.pm(Chapters 8and9)
- IO::LineBufferedSet (Chapter 13)
- IO::LineBufferedSessionData (Chapter 13)
- DaemonDebug (Chapter14)
- Text::Travesty (Chapter17)
- mchat_client.pl(Chapter 21)
- Appendix B. Perl Error Codes and Special Variables
- System Error Constants
- Magic Variables Affecting IO
- Other Perl Globals
- Appendix C. Internet Reference Tables
- Assigned Port Numbers
- Registered Port Numbers
- Internet Multicast Addresses
- Appendix D. Bibliography
- Perl Programming
- TCPIP and Berkeley Sockets
- Network Server Design
- Multicasting
- Application-Level Protocols
- Page #172 (Multicasting)
Network Programming with Perl
ISBN: 0201615711
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2000
Pages: 173
Pages: 173
Authors: Lincoln D. Stein