SocketLayer.pptVIP

Socket Layer COMS W6998 Spring 2010 Erich Nahum Outline Sockets API Refresher Linux Sockets Architecture Interface between BSD sockets and AF_INET Interface between AF_INET and TCP/UDP Receive Path Send Path BSD Socket API Originally developed by UC Berkeley at the dawn of time Used by 90% of network oriented programs Standard interface across operating systems Simple, well understood by programmers User Space Socket API socket() / bind() / accept() / listen() Initialization, addressing and hand shaking select() / poll() / epoll() Waiting for events send() / recv() Stream oriented (e.g. TCP