Network Application Development: Socket Programming and Protocol Implementation for Linux (Practical Application Engineering for Linux)
Language: English
Published by Independently published, 2026
Series: Book 3 of 4 - Practical Application Engineering for Linux
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- Title
- Network Application Development: Socket Programming and Protocol Implementation for Linux (Practical Application Engineering for Linux)
- Author
- Pierce, Evan
- Publisher
- Independently published
- Publication year
- 2026
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 13
- 9798182407205
- Series
- Book 3 of 4: Practical Application Engineering for Linux
Master the Art of Linux Systems Programming and Network Architecture
Modern computing is entirely dependent on networked software. Yet, for many developers, the mechanics of how data physically moves between computers remain a mystery, hidden behind high-level libraries. When performance bottlenecks emerge or connections inexplicably drop, reliance on abstractions becomes a critical vulnerability.
This comprehensive guide strips away the training wheels, plunging you into the core of systems-level network programming using the C language on the Linux operating system. You will not simply learn how to use network libraries; you will learn how to engineer them.
By interacting directly with the Linux kernel through the Berkeley Sockets API, you will gain absolute control over memory management, packet transmission, and connection architecture. From the foundational theory of the TCP/IP protocol stack to the rigorous engineering of secure, highly concurrent servers, this book provides the precise blueprint for building production-ready infrastructure.
What You Will Discover Inside:
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Network Fundamentals: Understand the physical and logical topologies of communication, hardware interrupts, and the highly optimized Linux socket buffer architecture.
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The Sockets API: Master the creation, configuration, and management of reliable TCP streams, rapid UDP datagrams, and raw sockets.
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High-Concurrency Architectures: Move beyond single-threaded limitations. Learn to implement process duplication, multi-threading, and event-driven multiplexing using the modern epoll interface to handle tens of thousands of simultaneous clients.
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Custom Protocol Design: Design and serialize your own binary application-layer protocols using length-prefixed framing, state machine parsers, and Type-Length-Value encoding.
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Interprocess Communication (IPC): Utilize UNIX domain sockets, anonymous pipes, and shared memory for blistering fast local data transfer between services.
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Resilience and Security: Engineer software circuit breakers, implement exponential backoff algorithms, and secure your byte streams using OpenSSL and Transport Layer Security.
Who This Book Is For: This book is written for software engineers, backend developers, and computer science students who possess a foundational understanding of the C programming language and wish to elevate their skills into the realm of high-performance systems architecture.
Stop guessing why your network requests fail. Take command of the Linux kernel, design impenetrable protocols, and build the infrastructure that powers the modern web.
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