Low Level Academy - Network Applications in C

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Course description:
Writing network code in C is hard. Writing code that's exposed to the internet and safe is even harder. In this course, I'll show you how to use the POSIX C socket API to write a secure server, from scratch.

Course curriculum:
Introduction
- What is this course about?
- Tool & Environment Setup
- Project Introduction & Course Requirements
Networking Fundamentals
- How Does the Internet Work?
- TCP vs UDP
- How Do Computers Talk?
Socket Programming
- What is a Socket?
- Creating a Simple Server
- Creating a Simple Client
- Protocol Design & Exchanging Data
Advanced Techniques
- select( ) multiplexing
- poll( ) multiplexing
- Socket Options
Course Project
- Project Introduction
- Finite State Machine and Protocol Design
- Exchanging Protocol Versions and Session Establishment
- Adding Employees to the Database
- List Your Database