IPv6 Socket API Extensions: Programmer's Guide

by Qing Li, Keiichi Shima, Jinmei Tatuya

Overview

IPv6 Socket API Extensions: Programmer's Guide covers the IPv6 applicaton programming interfaces (API) extensions and enhancements that have been made to the socket APIs. The book begins with a brief overview of the API specifications along with sample code usage. Then an explanation of the internal kernel implementation that realizes the services offered by the API sets is detailed. Also descriptions of several standard user libraries that have been extended or created to support IPv6 are reviewed. Includes various examples which illustrate how to write portable applications that can run on either IPv4 or IPv6 networks. Succinct treatment of everything you need to know to get up and running with IPv6 socket programming in one affordable volume.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780123750761
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	07/09/2009
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Qing Li is a senior architect at Blue Coat Systems, Inc. leading the design and development efforts of the next-generation IPv6 enabled secure proxy appliances. Qing holds multiple US patents. Qing is a contributing author of the book titled Handbook of Networked and Embedded Control Systems published in June 2005. He is the author of the embedded systems development book titled Real-Time Concepts for Embedded Systems published in April 2003.

Tatuya Jinmei Ph.D. is a senior software architect at Internet
Systems Consortium, Inc. He had been a core developer of the KAME project since the launch of the project through its conclusion. In 2003, he received the Ph.D. degree from Keio University, Japan, based on his work at KAME.

Keiichi Shima is a senior researcher at Internet Initiative Japan Inc. He was a core developer of the KAME project from 2001 to the end of the project and developed Mobile IPv6/NEMO Basic Support protocol stack. He is now working on the new mobility stack (the SHISA stack) for BSD operating systems.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction2. The Basic Socket API—[RFC3493]3. The Advanced Socket API—[RFC3542]4. Kernel Implementation of IPv6 Socket APIs5. Socket Options and Ancillary Data Examples6. Implementation of Library Functions—libinet6

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Succinct treatment of everything you need know to get up and running with IPv6 socket programming in one affordable volume