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C Socket Programming Tutorial SHARE Session 5958
Writing Client/Server Programs in C

Using Sockets (A Tutorial)
Part I
Session 5958
Greg Granger
grgran@sas.com
SAS/C & C++ Support

SAS Institute
Cary, NC
SAS Institute Inc. Slide 1
SAS/C & C++ Compiler R&D
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Part I: Socket Programming Overview

U Sockets (to me)
U Networking (or whats natural about natural logs)
U TCP/IP (and what it means to your life)
U More Sockets (we didnt get enough the first time)

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What is Sockets
U An Application Programming Interface (API) used
for InterProcess Communications (IPC). [A well
defined method of connecting two processes,
locally or across a network]
U Protocol and Language Independent
U Often referred to as Berkeley Sockets or BSD
Sockets

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Connections and Associations

U In Socket terms a connections between two
processes in called an association.
U An association can be abstractly defined as a 5-
tuple which specifies the two processes and a
method of communication. For example:
{protocol, local-addr, local-process, foreign-addr, foreign-process}
U A half-association is a single side of an

association (a 3-tuple)
{protocol, addr, process}

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Networking Terms
U packet - the smallest unit that can be transferred
through the network by itself
U protocol - a set of rules and conventions between
the communicating participants
U A collection of protocol layers is referred to as a
protocol suite, protocol family or protocol
stack. TCP/IP is one such protocol suite.

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Introduction to TCP/IP
U What (the heck) is TCP/IP?
U Internet Protocol (IP)
U User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
U Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
U TCP/IP Applications
U Name Resolution Processing
U TCP/IP Network Diagram

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What is TCP/IP?
U Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
U A network protocol suite for interprocess
communication
U The protocol of the Internet
U Open, nonproprietary
U Integrated into UNIX operating systems
U Many popular networking applications
telnet NFS (network file system)
X11 GUI SMTP (mail)
www ftp (file transfer protocol)

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TCP/IP Architectural Model

REXEC / SMTP / TELNET / FTP
Process (message)
/ DNS / RPC / Local Apps.
Transport (message) TCP UDP
Network (packets) ICMP IP (R)ARP
Data Link (frames) Ethernet Token-Ring FDDI X.25

SNA Hyperchannel Proprietary

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Internet Protocol (IP)

U Establishes a virtual network between hosts,
independent of the underlying network topology
U Provides routing throughout the network, using
IP addressing. For example: 149.173.70.9
U Features
Best-effort packet delivery
TCP UDP
Connectionless (stateless)
Unreliable
IP
Physical Network

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User Datagram Protocol (UDP)

U Application Interface to IP - Packet Oriented
U Establishes a port, which allows IP to distinguish
among processes running on the same host
U Features resemble IP semantics
Connectionless
Unreliable
TCP UDP
Checksums (optional)
IP
Physical Network

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Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)

U Connection-oriented
U Stream Data Transfer TCP UDP
U Reliable IP
U Flow-Control
Physical Network
U Full-Duplex
U Suited for critical data transfer applications

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The Importance of Ports

U Both the TCP and UDP protocols use 16 bit
identifiers called ports to uniquely identify the
processes involved in a socket.
U In UNIX the first 1024 ports for both protocols are
called well known ports and are defined in the file
/etc/services. Programs that bind to these ports
require root access.
U These numbers are managed by the Internet
Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). A complete
list of these assignments and more information
about IANA can be found in RFC 1700
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How stuff gets around (routing)

U TCP/IP packets are routed based on their
destination IP address (ex: 10.24.2.123)
U Packets are passed from one network segment to
another by machines called routers until the
packet arrives at the network segment attached to
the host with the destination IP address.
U Routers that act as gates to larger networks are
called gateways.

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Name Resolution Processing

U Associates an IP address to a name (hostname)
U Structured method of identifying hosts within an internet
U The Domain Name System (DNS) implements a hierarchical
naming scheme which maps names like mvs.sas.com to
an IP address
U DNS is implemented by a set of cooperating servers
U Machines that process DNS requests are called nameservers
U A set of library routines called the resolver provide the
logic to query nameservers

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TCP/UDP/IP Diagram
Dev1.sas.com
(149.179.3.3)
64K
TCP Ports
REXEC client
REXEC
Server
Dev2.sas.com
port 512
1023 (149.179.83.6)
Well-known Ports
0 IP Routing
0
Well-known Ports
1023 REXEC client
Server1.net.sas.com
(149.193.2.194)
UDP Ports 64K internet

NameServer
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Back to Sockets
U Socket Definition and Components
U Socket Library Functions
U Primary Socket Header Files
U Sample Client/Server Dialog
U Ancillary Socket Topics
U Beyond Sockets

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Definition and Components

U Socket - endpoint of communication
U Sockets - An application programming interface
(API) for interprocess communication (IPC)
U Attributes:
Protocol Independent
Language Independent
Sockets implies (not requires) TCP/IP and C
U Socket and Connection Association
A local host can be identified by its protocol, IP address and port.
A connection adds the IP address & port of the remote host.

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Socket Library Function

U System calls
startup / close
data transfer
options control
other
U Network configuration lookup
host address
ports for services
other
U Utility functions
data conversion
address manipulation
error handling
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Primary Socket Calls

U socket() - create a new socket and return its descriptor
U bind() - associate a socket with a port and address
U listen() - establish queue for connection requests
U accept() - accept a connection request
U connect() - initiate a connection to a remote host
U recv() - receive data from a socket descriptor
U send() - send data to a socket descriptor
U close() - one-way close of a socket descriptor

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Network Database Administration functions

U gethostbyname - given a hostname, returns a structure
which specifies its DNS name(s) and IP address(es)
U getservbyname - given service name and protocol, returns a
structure which specifies its name(s) and its port address
U gethostname - returns hostname of local host
U getservbyname, getservbyport, getservent
U getprotobyname, getprotobynumber, getprotobyent
U getnetbyname, getnetbyaddr, getnetent

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Socket Utility Functions

U ntohs/ntohl - convert short/long from network byte order
(big endian) to host byte order
U htons/htonl - convert short/long from host byte order to
network byte order
U inet_ntoa/inet_addr - convert 32-bit IP address (network
byte order to/from a dotted decimal string)
U perror() - print error message (based on errno) to stderr
U herror() - print error message for gethostbyname() to stderr
(used with DNS)

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Primary Header Files

U Include file sequence may affect processing (order is
important!)
<sys/types.h> - prerequisite typedefs
<errno.h> - names for errno values (error numbers)
<sys/socket.h> - struct sockaddr; system prototypes and constants
<netdb.h.h> - network info lookup prototypes and structures
<netinet/in.h> - struct sockaddr_in; byte ordering macros
<arpa/inet.h> - utility function prototypes

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Sample TCP Client / Server Session

Iterative Server
socket()
Remote Client
bind() socket()
listen() gethostbyname()
accept() connect()
recv()/send() recv()/send()
close() close()

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Ancillary Socket Topics

U UDP versus TCP
U Controlling/managing socket characteristics
get/setsockopt() - keepalive, reuse, nodelay
fcntl() - async signals, blocking
ioctl() - file, socket, routing, interface options
U Blocking versus Non-blocking socket
U Signal based socket programming (SIGIO)
U Implementation specific functions

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Design Considerations
U Data representation and conversion
U Server design alternatives
U Security Issues
U Portability Considerations

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Data Representation
U Transport Protocols detail data exchange/movement;
applications must interpret the data!
U Byte order affects data - not just addresses
U Text is often sent in ASCII, but ASCII versus EBCDIC is
decided by the application-level protocol
U Structure alignment and floating point pose problems
U External Data Representation (XDR) can be used (even
without RPC)

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Server Design Alternatives

U Single Threaded
more complex code (must track multiple concurrent requests)
generally lower system overhead
crash of thread disables service
U Multi-Tasking
less complex code (written only for handling only one connection)
higher system overhead (each task requires its own process space)
highly crash resistant (one or more tasks can fail without losing
service)
U [Multi-]Threaded
shares less complex code of Multi-Tasking model
system overhead between Single-Threaded and Multi-Tasking model
crash resistant (but one badly behaved thread can crash service)

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Security Considerations
U Socket semantics do NOT address security problems, such
as:
IP and adapter addresses
Userid and passwords
data encryption
traces
U UNIX systems require root privilege when a program binds
a reserved (<1024) port
U getpeername() returns the peers port and IP-address:
determine privileged peers and trusted hosts
U The Kerberos protocol provides password and data
encryption, along with service authentication

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Portability Considerations
U Limit applications to standard socket routines, BSD 4.x
U Implement a portable transport module
U Mainframe Environment - Distribute existing applications
API Programmers Reference - Details
SAS/C, C/370, Interlink, Open Connect, NSC
U OS/2 - REXX Sockets, Programmers Toolkit
U MS Windows Sockets 1.1 - 2 WINSOCK.DLL
(http://www.stardust.com ftp.stardust.com:/pub/winsock)

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Summary
U Basic networking and features of TCP/IP protocols
U Socket library organization
U Socket library coding techniques
U Awareness of more advanced topics
Whats Next
U Session 5959 - Part II - Client/Server Application

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Bibliography
U Internetworking with TCP/IP: Volumes I, II & III, Douglas
Comer, Prentice Hall, 1991 (ISBN Vol I: 0134685059, Vol
III: 0138487146)
U The Whole Internet Users Guide & Catalog by Ed Kroll;
OReilly & Associates
U UNIX Network Programming by W. Richard Stevens;
Prentice Hall, 1990 (ISBN 0139498761)
U Socket API Programmers Reference
U UNIX man pages
U TCP/IP Illustrated: Volumes 1 & 2, W. Richard Stevens (v2
with Gary R. Wright); Addison-Wesley Publishing Company,
1994

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C Socket Programming Tutorial SHARE Session 5958

Writing Client/Server Programs in C

SAS/C & C++ Support

Part I: Socket Programming Overview

SAS Institute Inc. Slide 2

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Connections and Associations

U A half-association is a single side of an

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TCP/IP Architectural Model

Transport (message) TCP UDP

Network (packets) ICMP IP (R)ARP

Data Link (frames) Ethernet Token-Ring FDDI X.25

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Internet Protocol (IP)

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User Datagram Protocol (UDP)

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Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)

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The Importance of Ports

How stuff gets around (routing)

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Name Resolution Processing

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UDP Ports 64K internet

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Definition and Components

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Socket Library Function

Primary Socket Calls

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Network Database Administration functions

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Socket Utility Functions

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Primary Header Files

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Sample TCP Client / Server Session

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Ancillary Socket Topics

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Server Design Alternatives

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