Foreword. Preface. 1. Introduction to Windows Sockets. What is Windows Sockets? What is its History? What Are its Benefits? What is its Future? Conclusion. 2. Windows Sockets Concepts. The OSI Network Model.
The WinSock Network Model. OSI Layers in WinSock. Modular Boxes. Services and Protocols. Protocols and APIs. 3. TCP/IP Protocol Services. What is TCP/IP? What is its History? Transport Services.
Network Services. Support Protocols and Services. What is its Future? 4. Network Application Mechanics. Client-Server Model. Network Program Sketch. Open a Socket. Name the Socket.
Associate with Another Socket. Send and Receive between Sockets. Close the Socket. Client and Server Sketches. 5. Operation Modes. What Are Operation Modes? Blocking Mode. Nonblocking Mode.
Asynchronous Mode. Performance Differences. Platform Differences. Blocking is Real. 6. Socket States. What Are the Socket States? What Are the Methods of Detection? WSAAsyncSelect (). Select ().
Peeking at Data. Out-of-Band Data. The Listening State. 7. Sample Application and Library. Sample FTP Client. Sample Library. WinSockx.
h. 8. Host Names and Addresses. Hostname and Address Resolution. Host Table, DNS, and NIS. Local Host Information. Addresses and Formatting. Protocol and Address Families.
9. Socket Information and Control. Socket Control. Socket Options. Blocking Hooks. Socket Names. 10. Support Routines.
Startup and Cleanup. Byte Ordering. Service Names and Ports. Protocol Names and Numbers. Error Reporting. 11. DLLs over WinSock. Creating a New API.
DLL Issues. Sample DLL. 12. Porting from BSD Sockets. Differences to Consider. Sixteen-bit Windows Considerations. Incidentals. Functions List.
13. Debugging. Problem Types. What Failed, and How Did It Fail? Problem Qualification. Installation Debugging. Network Debugging. Application Debugging. Debugging Tools.
14. Dos and Don''ts. Characterizing Your Application. Application Data Flow. Stream Algorithms. Datagram Algorithms. Good-News Code. Common Traps and Pitfalls.
15. Platforms. The WOSA Network Model. Thirty-two-bit WinSock. Other Platforms. 16. Optional.