Born at the University of California, Berkeley, in the 1980s, sockets first appeared in the Unix world as the Berkeley Sockets Interface, a programming device designed to help far-flung networked ...

“Unix Networking Programming” by [Stevens] is the usual choice, but it is getting a little long in the tooth, as well. Now we have “ Beej’s Guide to Network Programming Using Internet ...

Kerberos is the protocol of choice for mixed network environments. Deb Shinder explains how to use Kerberos authentication in environments including both Unix and Microsoft Windows.

If you want a book on network programming, there are a few classic choices. [Comer’s] TCP/IP books are a great reference but sometimes is too low level. “Unix Networking Programming” by ...