LR> Hi, Jonathan.  It is always nice to hear from you.
LR>
LR> JDBP>  For an authoritative reference on Berkeley sockets, read
LR> JDBP>  _The_Design_and_Implementation_of_the_4.3BSD_UNIX_operating_system_
LR> JDBP>  Karels, McKusick, Leffler, and Quarterman.  ISBN 0-201-06196-1.
LR>
LR> JDBP>  As I said, IBM provides a programmers' toolkit for sockets in its
LR> JDBP>  TCP/IP product.
LR>
LR> Ah, the precise information that completely satifies - on a timely
LR> basis.
LR>
LR> Be well my friend.  I think I would feel lost without you around.
LR> :)
LR>
LR> Regards, -= Lou =-
LR>

Another good book is "UNIX Network Programming" By Stevens. Actually
this book covers a number of Unix specific topics relating to
interprocess communications, servers etc., but it also provides a
pretty thorough treatment of TCP/IP sockets and the AT&T alternative,
TLI.

hank


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