Simulated a query system for books in a number of libraries. Made communication between the users, the libraries and the central database over TCP and UDP sockets in a network with client-server ...

From Python sockets to TCP/UDP protocol choices, network programming powers the apps and services we use daily. Understanding architectures, protocols, and tools lets developers design faster, more ...

UDP is a protocol that enables the exchange of unallocated data packets over a network. The UDP buffer is memory that is assigned by the Linux operating system to temporarily contain the data packets ...

To make the best use of the ss command, it’s important to understand what a socket is. A socket is a type of pseudo file (i.e., not an actual file) that represents a network connection. A socket ...

I'm trying to make a reliable file transfer service in C using UDP sockets. I already solved the problems related to packets retransmissions, but I can't find a way to make more clients communicate ...

Want to know more about how your system is communicating? Try the Linux ss command. It replaces the older netstat and makes a lot of information about network connections available for you to easily ...

Network geeks among you may remember my article, “Linux Socket Filter: Sniffing Bytes over the Network”, in the June 2001 issue of LJ, regarding the use of the packet filter built inside the Linux ...