sockets, where can I find documentation?

[John Pote]

Hi all,

I want to use python on a server to access incoming TCP port accesses. So I
need to use the socket interface which is new to me. To quote the Py Library
Reference "7.2 socket -- Low-level networking interface":-

For an introduction to socket programming (in C), see the following papers:
An Introductory 4.3BSD Interprocess Communication Tutorial, by Stuart
Sechrest and An Advanced 4.3BSD Interprocess Communication Tutorial, by
Samuel J. Leffler et al, both in the Unix Programmer's Manual, Supplementary
Documents 1 (sections PS1:7 and PS1:8). The platform-specific reference
material for the various socket-related system calls are also a valuable
source of information on the details of socket semantics. For Unix, refer to
the manual pages; for Windows, see the WinSock (or Winsock 2) specification.
For IPv6-ready APIs, readers may want to refer to RFC 2553 titled Basic
Socket Interface Extensions for IPv6.

Where can I get the various papers mentioned in the manual? And as I like
books sitting on the shelf can someone recommend a book on sockets.

many thanks,

John Pote

 

[Mc Osten]

Where can I get the various papers mentioned in the manual? And as I like
books sitting on the shelf can someone recommend a book on sockets.

Unix Network Programming by Stevens

 

[utabintarbo]

For a good general book on networking with python, try Foundations of
Python Network Programming by John Goerzen.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/15...104-7194399-1227965?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

 

[Rene Pijlman]

John Pote:

I want to use python on a server to access incoming TCP port accesses. So I
need to use the socket interface which is new to me.

You may also want to look at Twisted:
http://twistedmatrix.com/trac/

Where can I get the various papers mentioned in the manual? And as I like
books sitting on the shelf can someone recommend a book on sockets.

Stevens++

 

[John Pote]

Thanks everyone for such a quick response.
Brilliant!

John Pote