All Linux distributions provide a wide range of network applications—from dæmons that provide a variety of services such as WWW, mail and SSH to client programs that access one or more of these ...

EFAULT seems appropriate, yes; SIGSEGV would be disappointing. Though, looking up a few send(2) manpages I cannot really conclude that NULL would be an invalid address (I consulted a Solaris manpage ...

I have a quick question about socket programming on a Linux box. I know it is more efficient to use C as opposed to Java as the programming language. I don't know if I have a brain freeze or ...

A socket is an endpoint in communication between networks, and socket programming enables these endpoints to transfer data, thereby supporting communication between networks and programs. Socket ...

FRANKLIN, MA: Riverace Corporation has released its new white paper, "How to Avoid the Top Ten Sockets Programming Errors" aimed at developers and software managers. The "How to Avoid the Top Ten ...

Michael Kerrisk's (relatively) new book, The Linux Programming Interface (TLPI), is targeted at Linux system programmers, but it is not just those folks who will find it useful. While it is a hefty ...

* Extracts from the first edition not yet updated. Sockets are a general-purpose way of communicating over networks and similar infrastructure. Essentially they are a generalization of files to things ...