Internetworking With Tcp/Ip Vol. 3 : Client/Server Programming and Applications, Bsd Socket Version [Hardcover]

Douglas E.; Stevens, David L. Comer (Author)

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• Hardcover
• Publisher: Prentice Hall Press (1993)
• ASIN: B000LZO6UY
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,734,109 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Definitely worth considering. Well written., September 11, 1999

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From_Plano_TX "a_customer_from_plano" (Plano, TX USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Internetworking with TCP/IP Vol. III, Client-Server Programming and Applications--BSD Socket Version (2nd Edition) (Paperback)

This book is very well written. I suspect it was written with college students in mind. As a professional, I went through it like a hot knife through butter. I really liked his showing a number of ways to solve a problem, with a discussion of the tradeoffs (e.g., iterative vs. concurrent servers). The programming is in ANSI C. I enjoyed seeing a makefile and some Bourne shell scripts in this book. So many authors act like this stuff doesn't even exist. You might want to get the UNIX Network Programming, Vol.1, book by W. Richard Stevens also. The Stevens book serves better as a reference and has more detail. E.g., Stevens talks about tcpdump, but Comer doesn't. Yet Comer's book is very easy to read and gives you a clear picture without drowning you in details.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent on socket programming, but not enough on rpc, July 21, 1999

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This review is from: Internetworking with TCP/IP Vol. III, Client-Server Programming and Applications--BSD Socket Version (2nd Edition) (Paperback)

If you are a beginer of tcp/ip programming, like me, you will find this book more clear and readable than that by Richard stevens(I have his "Unix programming with TCP/IP" and can make a comparison). The authors give many practical hints and advices which I found very useful. I particularly like the chapter " Practical hints and techniques for unix servers". My only complain is there is not enough description on RPC. If Douglas really want to cover this area, more details should be given. I hope the parts on rpc in this book were as clear as those on socket programming.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good,readable,working guide to TCP/IP Socket, January 12, 2001

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This review is from: Internetworking with TCP/IP Vol. III, Client-Server Programming and Applications--BSD Socket Version (2nd Edition) (Paperback)

I used this book from cover to cover in a Unix Socket Programming class. A few good points about this book: 1) The sample do compiled on Linux with no problems. That's a plus. 2) The author emphasized good client-server design principles. 3) The introduction is gentle and very readble. 4) The code sample is directly,simple and not riddled with unnecessary details to "show off" like some authors do.

You don't need much Unix to do exercise in this book.About the only System calls you need to know are fork(),Select(),sigalarm() and execve(). The book could have been expanded to cover HTTP,SOAP and some other protocols to give it a 5stars.