Hello World TCP Server using Sockets

In this video we will look at how to make a TCP Server. To keep things simple to understand, this will be a Hello World server i.e. it will send a connected Client the string "Hello World" and finish servicing the Client. The most interesting aspect of this video is that it is a "type with me exercise" - the user can type along to understand all the programming constructs better.
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Links:

1. Beej's Socket Programming guide

2. Client Server programming using sockets

3. Unix Network Programming

4. Raw Socket programming basics

Vivek Ramachandran is a security evangelist and has been working in computer security related fields for the past 7 years. In 2007, Vivek spoke at world renowned conferences Defcon (WEP Cloaking Exposed) and Toorcon (The Caffe Latte Attack). The discovery of the Caffe Latte Attack was covered by CBS5 news, BBC online, Network World etc news agencies.In 2006, Vivek was announced as one of winners of the Microsoft Security Shootout contest held in India among 65,000 participants. He has also been a recipient of a Team Achievement at Cisco Systems for his work on 802.1x and Port Security modules on the Catalyst 6500 switches. Currently he spends all of his time maintaining Security- Freak.Net , SecurityTube.Net and is the co-founder of Axonize. Vivek, is a Bachelor in Electronics and Communications Engineering from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati.You can contact him at vivek[at]securitytube.net