Pro .NET 1.1 Network Programming
Authors: Christian Nagel, Andrew Krowczyk, Vinod Kumar, Nauman Laghari, Ajit Mungale, Tim PArker, Alexandru Serban, Srinivasa SivakumarNetworking is one of the core tasks of enterprise-level programming, and this book covers key concepts, like network programming in .NET with C#, and building network-based applications in .NET. You will gain confidence to use the classes shipped with .NET, and eventually implement your own application-level protocols.
The text first overviews important background material, like physical network architecture, network protocols, the OSI model, streams in .NET, and stream access. Also covered in detail: socket programmingcomplete with introduction, and descriptions for use in .NET. Finally, the book explores Internet programming, with a look at HTTPthe underlying protocol of e-mail and Internet. By the end of the book, you will also have learned to secure network communications in .NET.