Download or read book Linux Socket Programming by Example written by Warren Gay and published by Que Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide for beginning to intermediate programmers offers step-by-step instructions as well as advice on protecting servers from attack, writing programs to determine socket buffer sizes, setting the TCP/IP keep-alive feature, understanding the differences between connection- and connectionless-oriented protocols, and selecting the most effective client and server interface.