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The Network Programming Resource

Network programming is a complicated part of any application that uses it. Writing and compiling an executable file itself is difficult enough, but when a program connects and interfaces with other machines it gets even more complex. From the operating system through the compiled binary and the router's firmware, everything must be exactly right. Below are some network programming links for further reference to anyone interested.

• Welcome to Network Programming - an introduction to Network Programming by Kansas State University
• Windows Network Programming - the "basic concepts of network programming" using Windows and .Net, by San Jose State University in California
• Sockets and network programming - a good guide on IP addresses and sockets by the University of San Francisco computer science department
• Different Network Protocols - an extensive and informative TCP/IP Reference page written by some students at the University of Alabama at Birmingham
• Tuning up a network - a step by step description of how to improve Linux version 2.4+ network performance when using high bandwidth applications, written by a graduate student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Hands-On Networking - an extremely extensive and authoritative set of notes on first getting into network programming, from Calvin College
• Internet Sockets - a practical and concise description of Internet sockets by New York University graduate student David Bacon
• Internet Address Formats - a brief description and code documentation on working with both IPv4 and IPv6 sockets, courtesy of Ohio State University
• Connect to a Windows server - a great guide on how to access a Windows network share via a Mac, written by a University of Michigan student specialist
• Configuring your Linux Server - an end all resource on optimizing and tweaking a Linux or UNIX server for the best possible performance, security, and manageability
• Security Enhanced Linux Servers - for greater security both on and off the web, a document written by the National Security Agency
• Network Protocols - different ways of handling network data
• TCP Sockets - system calls and object references when programming
• TCP/IP Introduction - from Yale University, includes some history and explanation of the origins of TCP/IP
• Object-Oriented Network Programming - using the CORBA interface
• Python network programming - a tutorial by professors at the UC Davis Computer Science school
• Java network programming - a good overview from the RPI department of Computer Science
• IP Address: Your Internet Identity - a guide put out by the United States' Department of Commerce

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