Table of Contents

Introduction xix

Part 1 Network Programming Basics

Chapter 1: The C# Language 3

Chapter 2: IP Programming Basics 41

Chapter 3: C# Network Programming Classes 87

Chapter 4: DNS and C# 125

Part 2 Network Layer Programming

Chapter 5: Connection-Oriented Sockets 167

Chapter 6: Connectionless Sockets 209

Chapter 7: Using The C# Sockets helper classes 249

Chapter 8: Asynchronous Sockets 291

Chapter 9: Using Threads 333

Chapter 10: IP Multicasting 375

Part 3 Application Layer Programming Examples

Chapter 11: ICMP 411

Chapter 12: SNMP 441

Chapter 13: SMTP 477

Chapter 14: HTTP 511

About the Author

Richard Blum has been a network specialist with the U.S. Department of Defense for more than 13 years and has programmed in C, C++, Java, and C#. He has also volunteered for a nonprofit organization, doing network administration and support. He has written four books for SAMS on networking topics, such as sendmail for Linux and open-source email security.