`SPENCER'S SOCKET SITE`

So you wanna be a network programming BSD Sockets master. Now what? How about some online help to get a jumpstart?

Network Programming Gurus: Let me know if I'm missing something and I'll do my best to add it.

FEATURE ARTICLES

The World of select()
An intro to select() and why it's the Right-Thing(tm) to do (well, most of the time). Also known as "What fork() doesn't want you to know!"

FAQS

	Unix Socket Programming FAQ BSD sockets FAQ and many other Net resources. A must-read.
	comp.unix.programmer Unix Programming FAQ Everything from the zombie-less `fork2()` to "how do I use `select()`?"

TUTORIALS

	BSD Sockets: A Quick and Dirty Primer [original] Classic sockets tutorial using the telephone metaphor.
	Beej's Guide to Network Programming Sockets from A-Z with sample source.

SAMPLE SOURCE

	thttpd - tiny/turbo/throttling HTTP server Nifty little single-threaded, non-`fork()`'ing, `select()` based Web server.
	BOA Another single-threaded, `select()` based Web server.
	pont.net simple sample code Straight-forward simple sample socket source code in C and Java.
	Libwww from w3c A huge boat-load of socket related source for World Wide Web stuff.
	The Simple Sockets Library Public domain C-based library (also works with C++) developed and tested by NASA makes sockets easy, yet powerful. API is similar to C's `FILE*` APIs, but for sockets.
	SocketMan Library Bunch of C++ classes to do socket client/server systems.
	socket++ classes More C++ classes for socket stuff.
	FreeBSD finger Source to standard finger program. See `net.c` file for use of `gethostbyname()`.
	Ali Rahimi's TCP client/server code Simple C-based networking APIs by the one and only.

NEWSGROUPS

comp.unix.programmer [FAQ]
A general Unix programming newsgroup with often sockets related questions and answers (here's where the experts hang out).

GRAB BAG

	FreeBSD Man Pages A nice cross-linked online man page browser for FreeBSD.
	Richard Stevens' Home Page The author of Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment and UNIX Network Programming.
	Internet RFCs (Request for Comments) Ever wonder what kind of protocols they really use on the Net? The definitive, albeit dry, sources.

WINDOWS SOCKETS

	Winsock Programmer's FAQ Extensive starting point for Winsock programming.
	Windows Sockets: A Quick and Dirty Primer Similar to the unix tutorial, using the telephone analogy.
	Winsock 1.1 Specification Huge Windows Sockets 1.1 specification.
	Winsock 2 docs from Microsoft's Platform SDK Definitive Winsock 2 information from the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) Library.

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