NewsServer - A great tutorial that explains how to implement your own protocols (like HTTP and FTP)

<p><font face="verdana,arial" size="1"><b>SESSION LAYER DESIGNING:</b></font>
<p><font face="verdana,arial" size="1">By Anoop Madusudanan, http://www.inetsindia.com/anoopvision, anoopj13@yahoo.com<br>
Friday, May 02, 2003<br>
<br>
<b>WHY THIS ARTICLE?<br>
</b><br>
To teach you how to design session layer protocols like HTTP and FTP<br>
(if you are interested ;) ).<br>
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Read Readme.htm with this package for a better overview.<br>
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The zip file contains 3 projects<br>
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a) NewsServer - This project<br>
b) I-News GUI client - A client with a GUI (in the ClientGUI folder)<br>
c) I-News Client - A telnet like client (in the Client folder)<br>
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<br>
<b>WHAT IS THIS!!!<br>
</b><br>
I-News server is a TCP/IP based server suit, with limited functionality to<br>
serve news over a network. Rather than working as a news server, this application<br>
is to demonstrate the designing and implementation of of custom application protocols<br>
over TCP/IP. This package contains the Server in the server directory,<br>
along with two clients. In the folder ClientGUI, there is a visual client,<br>
and in the folder Client, there is a simple text based client.<br>
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<b>AND FINALLY..<br>
</b><br>
1) Visit my site at http://www.inetsindia.com/anoopvision for more code and tutorials<br>
2) Give me your vote for this at PSC<br>
<br>
Regards, An OOP - anoopj13@yahoo.com<br>
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<p><font face="verdana,arial" size="2"><b>Learn step by step how to..</b></font>
<ul>
 <li><font face="verdana,arial" size="2"><b>Create TCP/IP based servers and
 clients</b></font></li>
 <li><font face="verdana,arial" size="2"><b>Implement a proper talking protocol
 between them</b></font></li>
 <li><font face="verdana,arial" size="2"><b>Send data as chunks through the
 network</b></font></li>
 <li><font face="verdana,arial" size="2"><b>Use sockets (Winsock) in VB
 applications</b></font></li>
</ul>