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I've found myself having do some socket programming in the linux kernel. (yes, yes, I know: have I thought about user space? Yes, that's where I've prototyped my code. This is a research project that ...

Due to the complexity of developing and maintaining the kernel, only the most essential and performance-critical code are placed in the kernel. Other things, such as GUI, management and control code, ...

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 ...

Looking to improve the performance on your high-end Linux server? Is your Linux system connected to a high-speed network? Are your servers spending too much of their resources on processing the TCP/IP ...

"sfw" stands for Socket Firewall, but perhaps also "safe for work." Software security biz Socket has released a free command line tool to defend developers against supply chain attacks.… Socket ...