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Unix Network Programming

Course ID
BHCS 18C
Level
Undergraduate
Program
B.Sc. CS (Hons.)
Semester
Sixth
Credits
6.0
Paper Type
DSE - 4
Method
Lecture & Practical

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This course introduces the concepts of Internet protocols, ports used during communication, Client/Server concepts and various transport protocols used in computer network applications and services. The objective is to equip the students with technical knowledge of it comprises of the study of the sockets used with TCP and UDP include IPV4 & IPV6.

Learning Outcomes:

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

  • Describe and analyse the various Internet Transport layer protocols used in TCP/IP AND UDP.
  • Comprehend the concepts and structures of both TCP based connection-oriented and UDP based connection-less client server applications.
  • Write various real-life client-server applications using socket programming.
  • Modify, maintain and extend the present internet client-server applications and write any new type of internet applications to suit the current needs of Internet users.

Course Contents

Unit 1
Unit 2
Unit 3
Unit 4
Unit 5
Unit 6

Unit 1

Introduction: Basics of Client Server applications, Example of day time client server, concurrent servers, protocols, sockets, port numbers.

Unit 2

Connection-oriented and Connection-less client server Applications: Elementary TCP sockets – Socket, connect, bind, listen, accept, fork and exec function, close function, Socket Address Structures, Byte Ordering and Manipulation Functions, TCP Client and Server for Echo, Signal Handling in case of crashing and rebooting of server, Shutdown process function.

Unit 3

Socket Options: Getsockopt and stockpot functions, Socket states, Generic socket option.

Unit 4

Connection-oriented and connection-less Sockets: TCP-oriented basic concurrent client server applications, UDP oriented Echo client and server application, Handling of errors like lost datagram, Lack of flow control with UDP, determining outgoing interface with UDP.

Unit 5

Elementary name and Address conversions: Domain Name System, socket functions like gethostbyname, gethostbyname2, gethostbyaddr function, uname function, gethostname function, getservbyname and getservbyport functions.

Unit 6

Advanced Sockets: Daemon Processes, Multithreaded server, Raw sockets.

Practicals

Lab List 1

  1. Implement TCP Echo client and TCP Echo server (Iterative).
  2. Implement TCP Echo client and TCP Echo server (Concurrent).
  3. Implement TCP daytime client and TCP daytime server (Iterative).
  4. Implement TCP daytime client and TCP daytime server (concurrent).
  5. Implement UDP Echo Client and UDP Echo Server.
  6. Implement UDP daytime Client and UDP daytime server.
  7. Implement TCP client and server (concurrent) where client gets input from the user and sends it to server. Server displays it on the screen. Server then gets another input from the user and sends it to client. Client displays it on the screen. The process continues till server or client sends “bye” to the other party.
  8. Implement TCP client and server (concurrent) where client requests server to transfer a file. Assume file is smaller than 1K size. If the file is present on the server, it is sent to the client otherwise an error message is sent to client. Client copies the file on the hard disk and disconnects.
  9. Implement UDP client and UDP server where server displays the IP address and port number of the client sending the datagram. Client sends a datagram (size 64 bytes) three times to the same server. Server sends the message back to client. Client reports the time elapsed in sending and receiving of the message. Use connected UDP sockets.
  10. Write to program to
    1. display name of the host
    2. all IP addresses of the host.
    3. Check whether FTP and HTTP services are running on the system.
    4. Display the name of the service running on port number specified by user.

Additional Information

Text Books


Stevens, R. W., Fenner, B., & Rudoff, A. M. (2010). Unix Network Programming: The Sockets Networking API. 3rd edition. PHI.

Additional Resources


Forouzan, B. A. (2017). Data Communication and Networking. 4th edition. McGraw-Hill Education.
Stevens, R. W. (2009). Unix Network Programming. 1st edition. PHI.
Tanenbaum, A. S. (2012). Computer Networks. 5th edition. Pearson Education

Teaching Learning Process


Use of ICT tools in conjunction with traditional class room teaching methods
Interactive sessions
Class discussions

Assessment Methods

Written tests, assignments, quizzes, presentations as announced by the instructor in the class

Keywords

Connection oriented sockets, connection less sockets, advanced sockets.

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