The Linux Networking Architecture: Design and Implementation of Network Protocols in the Linux Kernel

The Linux® Networking Architecture: Design and Implementation of Network Protocols in the Linux Kernel By Klaus Wehrle, Frank Pählke, Hartmut Ritter, Daniel Müller, Marc Bechler   Publisher : Prentice Hall Pub Date : August 01, 2004 ISBN : 0-13-177720-3 Pages : 648 Supplier :Team FLY   The most complete book on Linux networking by leading experts.

•  Table of Contents •  Index The Linux® Networking Architecture: Design and Implementation of Network Protocols in the Linux Kernel By Klaus Wehrle, Frank Pählke, Hartmut Ritter, Daniel Müller, Marc Bechler   Publisher : Prentice Hall Pub Date : August 01, 2004 ISBN : 0-13-177720-3 Pages : 648       Copyright ii     Preface xiii       Organization of this Book xiv       Additional Sources of Information xv       Conventions Used in this Book xvi       Acknowledgments xvii     Part I:  The Linux Kernel 1       Chapter 1.  Motivation 3       Section 1.1.  The Linux Operating System 4       Section 1.2.  What is Linux? 5       Section 1.3.  Reasons for Using Linux 6       Chapter 2.  The Kernel Structure 9       Section 2.1.  Monolithic Architectures and Microkernels 11       Section 2.2.  Activities in the Linux Kernel 12       Section 2.3.  Locking—Atomic Operations 17       Section 2.4.  Kernel Modules 23       Section 2.5.  Device Drivers 29       Section 2.6.  Memory Management in the Kernel 31       Section 2.7.  Timing in the Linux Kernel 35       Section 2.8.  The Proc File System 40       Section 2.9.  Versioning 43     Part II:  Architecture of Network Implementation 45       Chapter 3.  The Architecture of Communication Systems 47       Section 3.1.  Layer-Based Communication Models 47       Section 3.2.  Services and Protocols 52       Chapter 4.  Managing Network Packets in the Kernel 55       Section 4.1.  Socket Buffers 55       Section 4.2.  Socket-Buffer Queues 66       Chapter 5.  Network Devices 71       Section 5.1.  The net_device Interface 73       Section 5.2.  Managing Network Devices 82       Section 5.3.  Network Drivers 92     Part III:  Layer I + II—Medium Access and Logical Link Layer 115       Chapter 6.  Introduction to the Data-Link Layer 117       Section 6.1.  Structure of the Data-Link Layer 117       Section 6.2.  Processes on the Data-Link Layer 119       Section 6.3.  Managing Layer-3 Protocols 127       Chapter 7.  The Serial-Line Internet Protocol (SLIP) 132       Section 7.1.  Introduction 132       Section 7.2.  Slip Implementation in the Linux Kernel 134       Chapter 8.  The Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) 145       Section 8.1.  Introduction 145       Section 8.2.  PPP Configuration in Linux 148       Section 8.3.  PPP Implementation in the Linux Kernel 150       Section 8.4.  Implementing the PPP Daemon 158       Chapter 9.  PPP over Ethernet 161       Section 9.1.  Introduction 161       Section 9.2.  PPPOE Specification in RFC 2516 161       Section 9.3.  Implementation in the User Space 163       Section 9.4.  Implementation in the Linux Kernel 164       Chapter 10.  Asynchronous Transfer Mode—ATM 168       Section 10.1.  Introduction 168       Section 10.2.  Implementing ATM in Linux 169       Section 10.3.  Configuration 177       Chapter 11.  Bluetooth in Linux 179       Section 11.1.  Host Controller Interface (HCI) 181       Section 11.2.  L2CAP 185       Section 11.3.  Other Protocols 188       Chapter 12.  Transparent Bridges 189       Section 12.1.  Introduction 189       Section 12.2.  Basics 190       Section 12.3.  Configuring a Bridge in Linux 199       Section 12.4.  Implementation 202     Part IV:  Network Layer 221       Chapter 13.  The TCP/IP Protocols 223       Section 13.1.  The Internet Protocol Suite 224       Chapter 14.  The Internet Protocol V4 227       Section 14.1.  Properties of the Internet Protocol 228       Section 14.2.  Implementing the Internet Protocol 233       Section 14.3.  IP Options 250       Section 14.4.  Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) 262       Chapter 15.  Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) 273       Section 15.1.  Using the Address Resolution Protocol 274       Section 15.2.  The ARP Command 276       Section 15.3.  Implementing the ARP Instance in the Linux Kernel 277       Chapter 16.  IP Routing 293       Section 16.1.  Introduction 293       Section 16.2.  Configuration 301       Section 16.3.  Implementation 309       Chapter 17.  IP Multicast for Group Communication 330       Section 17.1.  Group Communication 331       Section 17.2.  IP Multicast 333       Section 17.3.  Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) 339       Section 17.4.  Multicast Data Path in the Linux Kernel 345       Section 17.5.  Multicasting in Today's Internet 355       Section 17.6.  Multicast Transport Protocols 364       Chapter 18.  Using Traffic Control to Support Quality of Service (QoS) 366       Section 18.1.  Introduction 366       Section 18.2.  Basic Structure of Traffic Control in Linux 367       Section 18.3.  Traffic Control in the Outgoing Direction 367       Section 18.4.  Kernel Structures and Interfaces 369       Section 18.5.  Ingress Policing 378       Section 18.6.  Implementing a Queuing Discipline 378       Section 18.7.  Configuration 381       Chapter 19.  Packet Filters and Firewalls 383       Section 19.1.  Introduction 383       Section 19.2.  The Ipchains Architecture of Linux 2.2 386       Section 19.3.  The Netfilter Architecture of Linux 2.4 391       Chapter 20.  Connection Tracking 399       Section 20.1.  Introduction 399       Section 20.2.  Implementation 400       Chapter 21.  Network Address Translation (NAT) 410       Section 21.1.  Introduction 410       Section 21.2.  Configuring NAT in Linux 414       Section 21.3.  Implementing the NAT Module 416       Section 21.4.  Interfaces to Extend the NAT Module 422       Chapter 22.  Extending the Linux Network Architecture Functionality—KIDS 426       Section 22.1.  Managing Dynamically Extendable Functionalities 426       Section 22.2.  Structure of the KIDS Construction System 428       Section 22.3.  Using the KIDS Example to Extend the Linux Network Architecture 431       Chapter 23.  IPv6—Internet Protocol Version 6 443       Section 23.1.  Introduction 443       Section 23.2.  IPv6 Features 443       Section 23.3.  IPv6 Implementation 450     Part V:  Layer IV—Transport Layer 455       Chapter 24.  Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) 457       Section 24.1.  Overview 457       Section 24.2.  Implementing The TCP Protocol Instance 460       Section 24.3.  Connection Management 476       Section 24.4.  Protocol Mechanisms For Data Exchange 486       Section 24.5.  Timer Management In TCP 508       Chapter 25.  User Datagram Protocol (UDP) 513       Section 25.1.  Introduction 513       Section 25.2.  Data Structures 514       Section 25.3.  Sending and Receiving UDP Datagrams 519       Chapter 26.  The Concept of Sockets 522       Section 26.1.  Introduction 522       Section 26.2.  BSD Sockets 522       Section 26.3.  Protocol-Specific Sockets 526     Part VI:  Layer V—Application Layer 533       Chapter 27.  Network Programming With Sockets 535       Section 27.1.  Introduction 535       Section 27.2.  Functions of the Socket API 538       Section 27.3.  Examples 548     Part VII:  Appendices 549       Appendix A.  The LXR Source-Code Browser 551       Section A.1.  Functionality 551       Section A.2.  Installation 555       Appendix B.  Debugging in the Linux Kernel 557       Section B.1.  Log Outputs From the Linux Kernel 557       Section B.2.  Creating Strings in the Kernel 561       Section B.3.  Information in the /proc Directory 564       Section B.4.  Using a Debugger with the Linux Kernel 569       Appendix C.  Tools and Commands for Network Operation 572       Section C.1.  Using ifconfig to Manage Network Devices 572       Section C.2.  Using ping to Test the Reachability 575       Section C.3.  Using netstat to View the Network State 576       Section C.4.  Using route for Routing Information 578       Section C.5.  Using tcpdump for Network Analysis 579       Section C.6.  USING traceroute TO TRACE PACKETS 582       Section C.7.  Other Tools 584       Appendix D.  Example for a Kernel Module 588       Appendix E.  Example for a Network-Layer Protocol 591       Appendix F.  Example for a Transport Protocol 593       Appendix G.  Example for Communication over Sockets 595       Section G.1.  SERVER 595       Section G.2.  CLIENT 598       Bibliography     Index