Network Programming

The course aims deals with Linux API related to

• Process management
• File I/O
• Memory management
• Network

Exercise 1

Using signals to synchronize between child processes

Exercise 2

Using pipes to redirect output between commands

Exercise 3

Using semaphores to avoid deadlocks

Exercise 4

Using sockets to for validity of url

Assignment 1

Creating a network message bus service so that processes can perform inter and intra host communication

Assignment 2 - part 1

Creating a tcp chat server that accepts connections and maintains a chat room

Assignment 2 - part 2

Creating an event driven server that process http requests

Assignment 3

Creating an nmap like tool that checks for open udp and tcp ports in a given subnet

Note

The assignments have been complete with great help from Pilani-Pirate. Each assignment/exercise has its own README which gives details about the problem statement and the implementation.