Socket Programming Basics Video Series

[Vivek Ramachandran]

In this video series we explore the basics of socket programming on linux based systems using C.

In the first part we look into a detailed presentation which guides us through the basics of socket programming - things like network byte order, host byte order are explained in detail:

http://securitytube.net/Socket-Programming...tion-video.aspx

http://securitytube.net/Socket-Programming...-(2)-video.aspx

http://securitytube.net/Socket-Programming...-(3)-video.aspx

Once, the reader is familiar with the basics, i run you through 3 examples:

A Hello World TCP Server Program:

http://securitytube.net/Hello-World-TCP-Se...kets-video.aspx

http://securitytube.net/Hello-World-TCP-Se...-(2)-video.aspx

A TCP Echo Server program:

http://securitytube.net/TCP-Echo-Server-us...kets-video.aspx

and then a TCP Client program which interfaces with the server:

http://securitytube.net/TCP-Echo-Client-us...kets-video.aspx

Absolutely zero knowledge and experience is pre-requisite for this video series. Hopefully it will be of help to newbies.

Comments and Feedback welcome!

-ViVek

[Swathe]

Nice I will check this out for sure. Thanks.

[Bit Hunter]

Will try out ASAP... Thanks for sharing...

[Vivek Ramachandran]

Thanks!

Looking forward to your feedback and comments!