Contents
Road Map to the Rest of the Book
Tip 1: Understand the Difference between Connected and Connectionless Protocols
Tip 2: Understand Subnets and CIDR
Tip 3: Understand Private Addresses and NAT
Tip 4: Develop and Use Application “Skeletons”
Tip 5: Prefer the Sockets Interface to XTI/TLI
Tip 6: Remember That TCP Is a Stream Protocol
Tip 7: Don’t Underestimate the Performance of TCP
Tip 9: Realize That TCP Is a Reliable Protocol, Not an Infallible Protocol
Tip 10: Remember That TCP/IP Is Not Polled
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