Sockets and ports

The Socket API

any port agreed port
socket socket

message
client server
A brief tutorial other ports

Internet address = 128.255.94.248 Internet address = 128.255.88.249

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Inter Process Communication Socket Names

• IP address and port number. About 216 ports are
available for use by user processes. • Applications refer to sockets by name.
• UDP and TCP abstraction of the above is a • But within the communication domain
socket.
• Socket is associated with a protocol. sockets are referred by addresses.
• IPC is transmitting a message between a socket • Name to address translation is usually
in one process to a socket in another process.
• Messages sent to particular IP and port# can be
done outside the operating system.
received by the process whose socket is
associated with that IP and port#.
• Processes cannot share ports with other
processes within the computer. Can receive
messages on diff ports.
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 Socket types
• The format in which an address is specified is according
to a domain:
– AF_UNIX (address format of UNIX) - a path name
within the file system,
– AF_INET (internet format) : network address, port
number etc.
• Communication style: stream , datagram, raw or
sequenced packets
• Stream : reliable, error-free, connection-oriented comm.
• Datagram: Connectionless, unreliable, message
boundaries preserved.
Functions : creation
• Socket creation : socket system call creates sockets
on demand.
sockid = socket (af, type, protocol);
where sockid is an int,
af - address family , AF_INET, AF_UNIX,
AF_AAPLETALK etc.
type - communication type:
SOCK_STREAM, SOCK_DGRAM, SOCK_RAW etc.
protocol - some domains have multiple protocol, use a
0 for your appl.
Example: door1 = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM,0);

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Functions - bind Functions -bind (contd.)

• Socket binding: A socket is created without any • Example: type sockaddr_in defines
association to local or destination address. It is localaddr format for INET family.
possible to bind the socket to a specific host and its definition, (you don’t have to define
in it a specific port number. it... it is in in.h file - include this file)
socerr = bind (sockid, localaddr, addrlength) struct sockaddr_in {
localaddr - a struct of a specific format for each short sin_family;
address domain; u_short sin_port;
addrlength - is the length of this struct; obtained struct in_addr sin_addr;
usually by sizeof function.
char sin_zero[8];
}
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 Functions (contd.) - close
close (socid); closes the specified socket. This is
done by a process or thread when it no longer
needs the socket connection. Premature closing
results in “broken pipe” error.
• When a socket is created it is represented by a
special file (‘s’ in the place where d appears for
directory files when you ls -l).The name of the
file is the name assigned in the socket bind
command.
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Functions (contd.) -sending
• Five different system calls : send, sendto, sendmsg, write,
writev
• send, write and writev work only with connected sockets.
No parameter for destination address. Prior connect should
be present for communication.
• Example : write (sock, DATA, sizeof(DATA));
• sendto (socket, message, length, flags, destaddr,
addlen);
• flags allow for special processing of messages. Use 0 in
your appln.
• sendmsg is same as sento except that it allows for different
message structure.
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Functions (contd.) - connect
• A socket is created in an unconnected state, which
means that the socket is not associated with any
destination.
• An application program should call connect to
establish a connection before it can transfer data
thru’ reliable stream socket. For datagrams connect
is not required but recommended.
connect ( sockid, destaddr, addlength);
Example: if (connect(sock, &server, sizeof(server)) < 0)
...
• “sendto” commend does not need “connect”
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Functions(contd.) - receiving
• Five different calls are available: read, readv, recv,
recvfrom, recvmsg
• read, readv, and recv are for connection-oriented comm.
• read(socdescriptor, buffer, length); Example:
read(sock, buf, 1024);
• For your application (project) you may use read.
• For connectionless, datagram-kind :
• recvfrom(same set of params as sendto); except that
message length and addr length return values.
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 Functions (contd.) -listen
• accept and listen are connection-oriented
communication.
• These are for AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM type of
sockets.
• listen: To avoid having protocols reject incoming
request, a server may have to specify how many
messages need to be queued until it has time to
process them. Example: listen(socket,length);
• accept: wait for the call. Example: accept(sockid,
sockaddr, sizeof sockaddr);
Functions (contd.) - accept
• accept : blocks until a connect calls the socket
associated with this connection. socket -- bind --
(listen) -- accept is the sequence. “connect” from
calling process will complete the connection and
unblock the process or thread that is blocked on
“accept”
• Now read, write or writev can be executed to
carry out the actual communication over the
connection established.

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Functions (contd.) -
getsockname Sockets used for datagrams
• getsockname (sockid, sockaddr, sizeof
sockaddr); : given a sockid returns the address Sending a message Receiving a message

of the socket identified by sockid. s = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0) s = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0)

• This address may be needed, for instance, by an

bind(s, ClientAddress) bind(s, ServerAddress)
accept function call.
sendto(s, "message", ServerAddress) amount = recvfrom(s, buffer, from)
• There are other functions such as
gethostbyname may be needed for internet
domain sockets. See man pages for the details. ServerAddress and ClientAddress are socket addresses

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Sockets used for streams
Requesting a connection
s = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM,0)
connect(s, ServerAddress)
write(s, "message", length)
ServerAddress and ClientAddress are socket addresses
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Socket API--UDP
Listening and accepting a connection
s = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM,0)
bind(s, ServerAddress);
listen(s,5);
sNew = accept(s, ClientAddress);
n = read(sNew, buffer, amount)
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Simple Example—A Time Server
//This simple server is not multithreaded
#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <netdb.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include<strings.h>
#define SIZE 1024
char buf[SIZE];
#define TIME_PORT 2013 //server will listen on this port
int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
int sockfd, client_sockfd;
int nread, len;
struct sockaddr_in serv_addr, client_addr;
time_t t;
/* create endpoint */
if ((sockfd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) < 0) {
perror(NULL);
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}
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 Simple Example—A Time Server
//This simple server is not multithreaded
Time Server Example--Continued
#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/types.h> /* bind address */
#include <sys/socket.h> serv_addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
#include <netinet/in.h> serv_addr.sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(INADDR_ANY);
#include <netdb.h> serv_addr.sin_port = htons(TIME_PORT);
#include <stdlib.h> if (bind(sockfd, &serv_addr, sizeof(serv_addr)) < 0) {
#include <string.h> perror(NULL);
#include<strings.h> exit(3);
#define SIZE 1024 }
char buf[SIZE]; /* specify queue */
#define TIME_PORT 2013 //server will listen on this port len = sizeof(client_addr);
int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { listen(sockfd, 5);
int sockfd, client_sockfd; for (;;) {
int nread, len; client_sockfd = accept(sockfd, &client_addr, &len);
struct sockaddr_in serv_addr, client_addr; if (client_sockfd == -1) {
time_t t; perror(NULL);
/* create endpoint */ continue;
if ((sockfd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) < 0) { }
perror(NULL);
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}

Time Server Example--Continued Time Server Example--Continued

/* bind address */ /* bind address */

serv_addr.sin_family = AF_INET; serv_addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
serv_addr.sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(INADDR_ANY); serv_addr.sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(INADDR_ANY);
serv_addr.sin_port = htons(TIME_PORT); serv_addr.sin_port = htons(TIME_PORT);
if (bind(sockfd, &serv_addr, sizeof(serv_addr)) < 0) { if (bind(sockfd, &serv_addr, sizeof(serv_addr)) < 0) {
perror(NULL); perror(NULL);
exit(3); exit(3);
} }
/* specify queue */ /* specify queue */
len = sizeof(client_addr); len = sizeof(client_addr);
listen(sockfd, 5); listen(sockfd, 5);
for (;;) { for (;;) {
client_sockfd = accept(sockfd, &client_addr, &len); client_sockfd = accept(sockfd, &client_addr, &len);
if (client_sockfd == -1) { if (client_sockfd == -1) {
perror(NULL); perror(NULL);
continue; continue;
} }

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 Time Server Example--Continued
Time Server Example --Continued
/* bind address */
serv_addr.sin_family = AF_INET; /* transfer data */
serv_addr.sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(INADDR_ANY); time(&t);
serv_addr.sin_port = htons(TIME_PORT); sprintf(buf, "%s", asctime(localtime(&t)));
if (bind(sockfd, &serv_addr, sizeof(serv_addr)) < 0) { len = strlen(buf) + 1;
perror(NULL); write(client_sockfd, buf, len);
exit(3); close(client_sockfd);
} }
/* specify queue */ }
len = sizeof(client_addr);
listen(sockfd, 5);
for (;;) {
client_sockfd = accept(sockfd, &client_addr, &len);
if (client_sockfd == -1) {
perror(NULL);
continue;
}

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Time Server Example --Continued Time Server Example --Continued

/* transfer data */ /* transfer data */
time(&t); time(&t);
sprintf(buf, "%s", asctime(localtime(&t))); sprintf(buf, "%s", asctime(localtime(&t)));
len = strlen(buf) + 1; len = strlen(buf) + 1;
write(client_sockfd, buf, len); write(client_sockfd, buf, len);
close(client_sockfd); close(client_sockfd);
} }
} }

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 A Time Client
/* TCP client that finds the time from a server */
A Time Client
/* TCP client that finds the time from a server */
#include <stdio.h> #include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/types.h> #include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h> #include <sys/socket.h>
#include <netinet/in.h> #include <netinet/in.h>
#include <netdb.h> #include <netdb.h>
#include <stdlib.h> #include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h> #include <string.h>
#include <strings.h> #include <strings.h>
#define SIZE 1024 #define SIZE 1024
char buf[SIZE]; char buf[SIZE];
#define TIME_PORT 2013 //server listens on this port #define TIME_PORT 2013 //server listens on this port
int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
int sockfd; int sockfd;
int nread; int nread;
struct sockaddr_in serv_addr; struct sockaddr_in serv_addr;
struct hostent * h; struct hostent * h;
if (argc != 2) { if (argc != 2) {
fprintf(stderr, "usage: %s IPaddr\n", argv[0]); fprintf(stderr, "usage: %s IPaddr\n", argv[0]);
exit(1); exit(1);
} }
/* create endpoint */ /* create endpoint */
if ((sockfd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) < 0) { if ((sockfd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) < 0) {
perror(NULL); perror(NULL);
exit(2); exit(2);
} }
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Time Client--Continued Time Client--Continued

/* connect to server */ /* connect to server */
serv_addr.sin_family = AF_INET; serv_addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
h = gethostbyname(argv[1]); h = gethostbyname(argv[1]);
bcopy(h->h_addr, (char *) &serv_addr.sin_addr, h->h_length); bcopy(h->h_addr, (char *) &serv_addr.sin_addr, h->h_length);
serv_addr.sin_port = htons(TIME_PORT); serv_addr.sin_port = htons(TIME_PORT);
if (connect(sockfd, (struct sockaddr *) &serv_addr, sizeof(serv_addr)) < 0) { if (connect(sockfd, (struct sockaddr *) &serv_addr, sizeof(serv_addr)) < 0) {
perror(NULL); perror(NULL);
exit(3); exit(3);
} }
/* transfer data */ /* transfer data */
nread = read(sockfd, buf, SIZE); nread = read(sockfd, buf, SIZE);
write(1, buf, nread); // Writes to standard output write(1, buf, nread); // Writes to standard output
close(sockfd); close(sockfd);
exit(0); exit(0);
} }

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 Time Client--Continued Time Client--Continued
/* connect to server */ /* connect to server */
serv_addr.sin_family = AF_INET; serv_addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
h = gethostbyname(argv[1]); h = gethostbyname(argv[1]);
bcopy(h->h_addr, (char *) &serv_addr.sin_addr, h->h_length); bcopy(h->h_addr, (char *) &serv_addr.sin_addr, h->h_length);
serv_addr.sin_port = htons(TIME_PORT); serv_addr.sin_port = htons(TIME_PORT);
if (connect(sockfd, (struct sockaddr *) &serv_addr, sizeof(serv_addr)) < 0) { if (connect(sockfd, (struct sockaddr *) &serv_addr, sizeof(serv_addr)) < 0) {
perror(NULL); perror(NULL);
exit(3); exit(3);
} }
/* transfer data */ /* transfer data */
nread = read(sockfd, buf, SIZE); nread = read(sockfd, buf, SIZE);
write(1, buf, nread); // Writes to standard output write(1, buf, nread); // Writes to standard output
close(sockfd); close(sockfd);
exit(0); exit(0);
} }

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Time Client--Continued
/* connect to server */
serv_addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
h = gethostbyname(argv[1]);
bcopy(h->h_addr, (char *) &serv_addr.sin_addr, h->h_length);
serv_addr.sin_port = htons(TIME_PORT);
if (connect(sockfd, (struct sockaddr *) &serv_addr, sizeof(serv_addr)) < 0) {
perror(NULL);
exit(3);
}
/* transfer data */
nread = read(sockfd, buf, SIZE);
write(1, buf, nread); // Writes to standard output
close(sockfd);
exit(0);
}

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