HalfLife/Cstrike monitorring

[Guyon Morée]

Hi all,

I want to write a HalfLife/CStrike monitor, to make some nice statistics for
an upcoming LAN-party. I've found some pointers on how to use the protocol,
but now I have to do the following:

1. make an UDP connection
2. send a string(?) like  '\xFF\xFF\xFF\xFFdetails\x00'
3. translate the response into bytes and strings :-s

for more details on this protocol see:
http://dev.kquery.com/index.php?article=31

I hope someone can help me with at least the first 2 steps.

Thanx,

Guyon