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to: Chris Albertsen
from: Francois Thunus
date: 1999-01-06 08:13:00
subject: Access TCP/IP

Hello Chris!

06 Jan 99 00:07, Chris Albertsen wrote to Francois Thunus:

 CA>         I've got the relivent RFC's already.  I guess what I mean, is how
 CA> do I access the TCP/IP stack?  How do I use the TCP/IP?  I understand how
 CA> to write the server, but just don't know how to get it to work with TCP/IP
 CA> I guess I could say.  Is it some type of standard input/output at a
 CA> address in memory, or what?  Do I need a TCP/IP lib?  That type of stuff.

you normally use sockets. hard to explain in one email, and I just know the
general principles, not the details. How about looking at the source of an
available nntp server, with linux for example ? That will probably yield
all the info you need if like me you learn best by looking at code.


                             -= Francois =-
                      Francois(at)telematique(dot)org
                       http://www.telematique.org/ft

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