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 [Stevens] is ...

Raw network sockets are a curious beasts, as unless you have a strong urge to implement your own low-level network protocol, it’s a topic that is probably best left to the (well-paid) experts. That ...

The Internet is a dangerous place. It’s simply too easy to snoop, spoof, and steal unprotected information as it travels over the wires. Last month, I wrote the final article in a series on X.509 ...

Orcacle has announced the release of Libresource 2, a comprehensively revised version of the well-known library for recording system resource information in Linux operating systems. According to the ...

Want to know more about how your system is communicating? Try the Linux ss command. It replaces the older netstat and makes a lot of information about network connections available for you to easily ...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Docker, Inc., the corporate sponsor of the open platform for distributed applications, today announced the acquisition of software-defined networking (SDN) startup ...