[Tutor] Network pointers requested

Alan Gauld alan.gauld at blueyonder.co.uk
Wed Apr 14 16:31:07 EDT 2004


> I'm aware of Tcp/ip from the client level and where it falls into
the realm
> of ports, icmp is a bit more than a buzzword and my firewall is
running on
> advanced rules.
>
> Any recommended python api's for network stuff?

I'd start with the socket module.

> glanced at http://www.amk.ca/python/howto/sockets/

> Maybe even lower than that, where should I start?

Well you could go to ioctl and write your own networking protocol,
but I'd advise sticking to IP and using sockets...

Alan G
Author of the Learn to Program web tutor
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