Chapter 12 : Networks¶

12.1 Linked Computers¶

12.2 ISO/OSI and TCP/IP Reference Model¶

12.3 Communication via Sockets¶

Creating a Socket¶

Using Sockets¶

Datagram Sockets¶

12.4 The Layer Model of Network Implementation¶

12.5 Networking Namespaces¶

12.6 Socket Buffers¶

Data Management Using Socket Buffers¶

Management Data of Socket Buffers¶

12.7 Network Access Layer¶

Representation of Network Devices¶

Receiving Packets¶

Sending Packets¶

12.8 Network Layer¶

IPv4¶

Receiving Packets¶

Local Delivery to the Transport Layer¶

Packet Forwarding¶

Sending Packets¶

Netfilter¶

IPv6¶

12.9 Transport Layer¶

UDP¶

TCP¶

12.10 Application Layer¶

Socket Data Structures¶

Sockets and Files¶

The socketcall System Call¶

Creating Sockets¶

Receiving Data¶

Sending Data¶

12.11 Networking from within the Kernel¶

Communication Functions¶

The Netlink Mechanism¶

Summary¶

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