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TCP/IP Lean: Web Servers for Embedded Systems with CD-ROM

Name: TCP/IP Lean: Web Servers for Embedded Systems with CD-ROM
Author: Jeremy Bentham
ISBN: 9781578201082

by Jeremy Bentham, Michael Barr

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Overview

Internet programming demystified! This is a hands-on guide to TCP/IP networking that includes platform-independent source code to a simple TCP/IP stack - a lean version that is easier to present and efficient enough to use in embedded applications. Create

About the Author, Jeremy Bentham

Jeremy Bentham is co-founder of an industrial networking company (Io Ltd.) and its software consulting offshoot Iosoft Ltd., in Cambridge, England. An engineer by training, he has developed many computer systems in railway control and other industrial applications and a wide range of software tools for embedded systems. Networking projects included Bitup, a Bitbus emulation for the 80188 processor; data transfer protocols using Arcnet and Ethernet; and a full 801888-based remote-boot communications system using the simpler TCP/IP protocols (UDP and TFTP). Recent work has been in implementing embedded TCP/IP systems in aerospace, air quality, and video surveillance applications. In his spare time, Jeremy enjoys playing racquet sports, and is an accomplished amateur actor.

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An essential resource for anyone -- even those with limited resources -- who wants to learn how to develop web servers for embedded systems using TCP/IP, Jeremy Bentham's book/CD-ROM combo offers a wisely crafted approach to implementing web servers that can generate dynamic content.

Enabling readers to learn and experiment with TCP/IP from the ground up, Bentham begins with instructions and source code for building a simple network. Chapter 1 starts out with basic networking concepts and definitions while Chapters 26 build up networking knowledge, with each chapter providing ever-richer levels of comprehension of network protocols in general and TCP/IP specifically. From Chapter 7 on, building and miniaturizing web servers takes center stage. The author addresses PPP, UDP Clients, DHCP, TCP Clients, and SMTP and POP3 email. The only things missing from TCP/IP Lean are a glossary and some discourse on potential real-life examples.

Both the book and the CD-ROM are rich with source code and utilities for trying this all out. Readers probably won't want to use the code provided in the book (or on the CD-ROM) in commercial implementations. The code provided requires a license for commercial use, and the author issues a cautionary "Use at your own risk." So, you will want to write your own software -- but the good thing is that this book and the accompanying software will give you the chops to do exactly that. John Vacca

John Vacca, the former computer security official (CSO) for NASA's space station program (Freedom), has written 38 books about advanced storage, computer security and aerospace technology.