HUYNH Cong Phap, PhD

hcphap@gmail.com, hcphap@dut.udn.vn

Network programming Lesson 1

Client Server Computing

Client Server Architecture

A network architecture in which each computer or process on the network is either a client or a server.

Components
Clients Servers Communication Networks

Server

Client

Clients
Applications that run on computers Rely on servers for
Files Devices Processing power
Clients are Applications

Example: E-mail client

An application that enables you to send and receive e-mail

Servers
Computers or processes that manage network resources
Disk drives (file servers) Servers Manage Resources Printers (print servers) Network traffic (network servers)

Example: Database Server

A computer system that processes database queries

Communication Networks
Networks Connect Clients and Servers

ClientServer Computing
Process takes place
on the server and on the client Client-Server Computing Optimizes Computing Resources

Servers

Store and protect data Process requests from clients

Clients
Make requests Format data on the desktop

Application Functions
Software application functions are separated into three distinct parts

Server: Data Management Client: Presentation & Application Logic

Application Components
3 Data Management

2 Client Types
Fat Client

2
1

Application Logic

Presentation
3 Logical Tiers

Thin Client

Database Applications:
Most common use of client-server architectures

Middleware
Software that connects two otherwise separate applications Example: Middleware product linking a database system to a Web server Database Server: Manages Data

Middleware Links Applications

Web Server: Presents Dynamic Pages

Client: Requests Data via Web

Types of Servers
From A to Z Application Servers Audio/Video Servers Chat Servers Fax Servers FTP Servers Groupware Servers IRC Servers List Servers Mail Servers News Servers Proxy Servers Telnet Servers Web Servers Z39.50 Servers

Source: http://webopedia.lycos.com

ADVANTAGES OF CLIENTSERVER
Advantages often cited include:
Centralization - access, resources, and data security are controlled through the server Scalability - any element can be upgraded when needed Flexibility - new technology can be easily integrated into the system Interoperability - all components (clients, network, servers) work together

DISADVANTAGES OF CLIENT-SERVER
Disadvantages often cited include:
Dependability - when the server goes down, operations cease Higher than anticipated costs Can cause network congestion

CLIENT-SERVER ARCHITECTURES
There are basically two types of clientserver architectures
Two tier architectures Three tier architectures

The choice between the two should be made based on combination of:
Schedule for project implementation Expected system changes and enhancements

TWO-TIER ARCHITECTURES
Application components are distributed between the server and client software In addition to part of the application software, the server also stores the data, and all data accesses are through the server. The presentation (to the user) is handled strictly by the client software.

Server

Network

PC

PC

PC

Clients

TWO-TIER ARCHITECTURES (cont.)

The PC clients assume the bulk of the responsibility for the application logic. The server assumes the bulk of the responsibility for data integrity checks, query capabilities, data extraction and most of the data intensive tasks, including sending the appropriate data to the appropriate clients.

TWO-TIER ARCHITECTURES, ADVANTAGES

The commonly cited advantages of twotier systems include:
Fast application development time Available tools are robust and lend themselves to fast prototyping to insure user needs a met accurately and completely. Conducive to environments with homogeneous clients, homogeneous applications, and static business rules.

TWO-TIER ARCHITECTURES, DISADVANTAGES

The commonly cited disadvantages of two-tier systems include:
Not suitable for dispersed, heterogeneous environments with rapidly changing business rules. Because the bulk of the application logic is on the client, there is the problem of client software version control and new version redistribution. Security can be complicated because a user may require separate passwords for each SQL server accessed.

THREE-TIER ARCHITECTURES
Server

Server

Network

PC

PC

PC

Clients

3-tier architectures attempt to overcome some of the limitations of the 2-tier architecture by separating presentation, processing, and data into 3 separate and distinct entities. The software in the client handles the presentation (to the user) using similar tools as in the 2-tier architecture.

THREE-TIER ARCHITECTURES (cont.)

When data or processing are required by the presentation client, a call is made to the middle-tier functionality server. This tier performs calculations, does reports, and makes any needed client calls to other servers (e.g.. a data base server).

THREE-TIER ARCHITECTURES (cont.)

Middle tier servers are usually coded in a highly portable, non-proprietary language such as C or C++. Middle tier servers may be multithreaded and can be accessed by multiple clients. The calling mechanism from client to server and from server to server is by means of RPCs.

THREE-TIER ARCHITECTURES, ADVANTAGES (cont.) Commonly cited advantages include:

Having separate functionality servers allows for the parallel development of individual tiers by application specialists. Provides for more flexible resource allocation. Can reduce network traffic by having the functionality servers strip data to the precise structure needed before sending it to the clients.

THREE-TIER ARCHITECTURES, DISADVANTAGES Often cited disadvantages of 3-tier

architectures include:
Creates an increased need for network traffic management, server load balancing, and fault tolerance. Current tools are relatively immature and are more complex. Maintenance tools are currently inadequate for maintaining server libraries. This is a potential obstacle for simplifying maintenance and promoting code reuse throughout the organization.

Peer to Peer Computing

What is Peer-to-Peer?
A model of communication where every node in the network acts alike. As opposed to the Client-Server model, where one node provides services and other nodes use the services.

Advantages of P2P Computing

No central point of failure
E.g., the Internet and the Web do not have a central point of failure. Most internet and web services use the client-server model (e.g. HTTP), so a specific service does have a central point of failure.

Scalability
Since every peer is alike, it is possible to add more peers to the system and scale to larger networks.

Disadvantages of P2P Computing

Decentralized coordination
How to keep global state consistent? Need for distributed coherency protocols.

All nodes are not created equal.

Computing power, bandwidth have an impact on overall performance.

Programmability
As a corollary of decentralized coordination.

P2P Computing Applications

File sharing Process sharing Collaborative environments

P2P File Sharing Applications

Improves data availability Replication to compensate for failures. E.g., Napster, Gnutella, Freenet, KaZaA (FastTrack), your DFS project.

P2P Process Sharing Applications

For large-scale computations Data analysis, data mining, scientific computing E.g., SETI@Home, Folding@Home, distributed.net, World-Wide Computer

P2P Collaborative Applications

For remote real-time human collaboration. Instant messaging, virtual meetings, shared whiteboards, teleconferencing, tele-presence. E.g., talk, IRC, ICQ, AOL Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, Jabber, MS Netmeeting, NCSA Habanero, Games

Types of P2P
Pure P2P Hybrid P2P

Napster

Gnutella

But introduces a new single point of failure!

KaZaA/Morpheus

Distributed systems Data Networking & Client-Server Communication

Distributed systems
Independent machines work cooperatively without shared memory
They have to talk somehow

Interconnect is the network

Modes of connection
Circuit-switched
dedicated path guaranteed (fixed) bandwidth [almost] constant latency

Packet-switched
shared connection data is broken into chunks called packets each packet contains destination address available bandwidth channel capacity variable latency

Whats in the data?

For effective communication
same language, same conventions

For computers:
electrical encoding of data where is the start of the packet? which bits contain the length? is there a checksum? where is it? how is it computed? what is the format of an address? byte ordering

Protocols

These instructions and conventions are known as protocols

Protocols
Exist at different levels
understand format of address and how to compute checksum humans vs. whales

different wavelengths

versus request web page French vs. Hungarian

Layering
To ease software development and maximize flexibility:
Network protocols are generally organized in layers Replace one layer without replacing surrounding layers Higher-level software does not have to know how to format an Ethernet packet or even know that Ethernet is being used

Layering
Most popular model of guiding (not specifying) protocol layers is

OSI reference model

Adopted and created by ISO
7 layers of protocols

OSI Reference Model: Layer 1

Transmits and receives raw data to communication medium.
Does not care about contents.

voltage levels, speed, connectors

1 Physical
Examples: RS-232, 10BaseT

OSI Reference Model: Layer 2

Detects and corrects errors.
Organizes data into packets before passing it down. Sequences packets (if necessary). Accepts acknowledgements from receiver.

2
1

Data Link Physical

Examples: Ethernet MAC, PPP

OSI Reference Model: Layer 3

Relay and route information to destination. Manage journey of packets and figure out intermediate hops (if needed).

Network Data Link Physical

2
1

Examples: IP, X.25

OSI Reference Model: Layer 4

Provides a consistent interface for end-to-end (application-toapplication) communication. Manages flow control. Network interface is similar to a mailbox.

4
3

Transport
Network Data Link Physical

2
1

Examples: TCP, UDP

OSI Reference Model: Layer 5

Services to coordinate dialogue and manage data exchange.
5 Session

4
3

Transport
Network Data Link Physical

Software implemented switch.

Manage multiple logical connections. Keep track of who is talking: establish & end Examples: HTTP 1.1, SSL, communications.
NetBIOS

2
1

OSI Reference Model: Layer 6

Data representation
6
5

Presentation
Session

Concerned with the meaning of data bits Convert between machine representations
Examples: XDR, ASN.1, MIME, MIDI

4
3

Transport
Network Data Link Physical

2
1

OSI Reference Model: Layer 7

7 Application

6
5

Presentation
Session

Collection of application-specific protocols

4
3

Transport
Network Data Link Physical
Examples: email (SMTP, POP, IMAP) file transfer (FTP)
directory services (LDAP)

2
1

Some networking terminology

Local Area Network (LAN)

Communications network
small area (building, set of buildings) same, sometimes shared, transmission medium high data rate (often): 1 Mbps 1 Gbps Low latency devices are peers
any device can initiate a data transfer with any other device

Most elements on a LAN are workstations

endpoints on a LAN are called nodes

Connecting nodes to LANs

network computer

Connecting nodes to LANs

network computer

Adapter
expansion slot (PCI, PC Card, USB dongle) usually integrated onto main board

Network adapters are referred to as Network Interface Cards (NICs) or adapters

Media
Wires (or RF, IR) connecting together the devices that make up a LAN
Twisted pair
Most common: STP: shielded twisted pair UTP: unshielded twisted pair (e.g. Telephone cable, Ethernet 10BaseT)

Coaxial cable
Thin (similar to TV cable) Thick (e.g., 10Base5, ThickNet)

Fiber Wireless

Hubs, routers, bridges

Hub
Device that acts as a central point for LAN cables Take incoming data from one port & send to all other ports

Switch
Moves data from input to output port. Analyzes packet to determine destination port and makes a virtual connection between the ports.

Concentrator or repeater
Regenerates data passing through it

Bridge
Connects two LANs or two segments of a LAN Connection at data link layer (layer 2)

Router
Determines the next network point to which a packet should be forwarded Connects different types of local and wide area networks at network layer (layer 3)

Networking Topology

Bus Network

Networking Topology

Tree Network

Networking Topology

Star Network

Networking Topology

Ring Network

Networking Topology

Mesh Network

Clients and Servers

Send messages to applications
not just machines

Client must get data to the desired process

server process must get data back to client process

To offer a service, a server must get a transport address for a particular service

Machine address versus

Transport address

Transport provider
Layer of software that accepts a network message and sends it to a remote machine
Two categories: connection-oriented protocols connectionless protocols

Connection-oriented Protocols
1. 2. 3. 4. establish connection [negotiate protocol] exchange data terminate connection

Connection-oriented Protocols
1. 2. 3. 4. establish connection [negotiate protocol] exchange data terminate connection

dial phone number [decide on a language] speak hang up

analogous to phone call

virtual circuit service

provides illusion of having a dedicated circuit messages guaranteed to arrive in-order application does not have to address each message vs. circuit-switched service

Connectionless Protocols
- no call setup - send/receive data (each packet addressed) - no termination

Connectionless Protocols
- no call setup - send/receive data drop letter in mailbox (each packet addressed) (each letter addressed) - no termination analogous to mailbox

datagram service
client is not positive whether message arrived at destination no state has to be maintained at client or server cheaper but less reliable than virtual circuit service

Ethernet
Layers 1 & 2 of OSI model
Physical (1)
Cables: 10Base-T, 100Base-T, 1000Base-T, etc.

Data Link (2)

Ethernet bridging Data frame parsing Data frame transmission Error detection

Unreliable, connectionless communication

Ethernet
48-byte ethernet address Variable-length packet
1518-byte MTU
18-byte header, 1500 bytes data

Jumbo packets for Gigabit ethernet

dest addr frame 9000-byte MTU src addr type data (payload) CRC

6 bytes

6 bytes

46-1500 bytes

18 bytes + data

IP Internet Protocol
Born in 1969 as a research network of 4 machines Funded by DoDs ARPA

Goal:

build an efficient fault-tolerant network that could connect heterogeneous machines and link separately connected networks.

Internet Protocol

Connectionless protocol designed to handle the interconnection of a large number of loca and wide-area networks that comprise the internet IP can route from one physical network to another

IP Addressing
Each machine on an IP network is assigned a unique 32-bit number for each network interface:
IP address, not machine address

A machine connected to several physical networks will have several IP addresses

One for each network

IP Address space
32-bit addresses >4 billion addresses!
Routers would need a table of 4 billion entries

Design routing tables so one entry can match multiple addresses

hierarchy: addresses physically close will share a common prefix

IP Addressing: networks & hosts

cs.rutgers.edu 128.6.4.2 80 06 04 02

remus.rutgers.edu 128.6.13.3 80 06 0D 03

network #

host #

first 16 bits identify Rutgers external routers need only one entry
route 128.6.*.* to Rutgers

IP Addressing: networks & hosts

IP address
network #: identifies network machine belongs to host #: identifies host on the network

use network number to route packet to correct network use host number to identify specific machine

IP Addressing
Expectation:
class a few big networks and many small ones create different classes of networks use leading bitsbits to identify network leading bits for net # bits for host

A 0 7 (128) 24 (16M) B 10 14 (16K) 16 (64K) C 110 21 (2M) 8 (256) To allow additional networks within an organization: use high bits of host number for a network within a network subnet

IP Addressing
IBM: 9.0.0.0 9.255.255.255
00001001 xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxx

network #
8 bits

host #
24 bits

Subnet within IBM (internal routers only) 00001001 10101010 11 xxxxxx xxxxxxxxx network #
18 bits

host #
14 bits

Running out of addresses

Huge growth
Wasteful allocation of networks
Lots of unused addresses

Every machine connected to the internet needed a worldwide-unique IP address Solutions: CIDR, NAT, IPv6

IP Special Addresses
All bits 0
Valid only as source address all addresses for this machine Not valid over network

All host bits 1

Valid only as destination Broadcast to network

All bits 1
Broadcast to all directly connected networks

Leading bits 1110

Class D network

127.0.0.0: reserved for local traffic

IPv6 vs. IPv4

IPv4
4 byte (32 bit) addresses

IPv6:
16-byte (128 bit) addresses 3.6 x 1038 possible addresses 8 x 1028 times more addresses than IPv4 4-bit priority field Flow label (24-bits)

Network Address Translation (NAT)

External IP address 24.225.217.243
External address 24.225.217.243 24.225.217.243 24.225.217.243 24.225.217.243 Ext port 25 25 80 80 Internal address 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.2 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.3 Int port 3455 11231 12482 21908

Internal IP address 192.168.1.x

.1

.2

.3

.4

.5

Getting to the machine

IP is a logical network on top of multiple physical networks OS support for IP: IP driver
receive data send data

IP driver
receive packet from wire send packet to wire

network driver

IP driver responsibilities
Get operating parameters from device driver
Maximum packet size (MTU) Functions to initialize HW headers Length of HW header

Routing packets
From one physical network to another

Fragmenting packets Send operations from higher-layers Receiving data from device driver Dropping bad/expired data

Device driver responsibilities

Controls network interface card
top half bottom half

Comparable to character driver

Processes interrupts from network interface

Receive packets Send them to IP driver

Get packets from IP driver

Send them to hardware Ensure packet goes out without collision

Network device
Network card examines packets on wire
Compares destination addresses

Before packet is sent, it must be enveloped for the physical network

device header
IP header IP data payload

Device addressing
IP address ethernet address
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
1. Check local ARP cache 2. Send broadcast message requesting ethernet address of machine with certain IP address 3. Wait for response (with timeout)

Transport-layer protocols over IP

IP sends packets to machine
No mechanism for identifying sending or receiving application

Transport layer uses a port number to identify the application TCP Transmission Control Protocol UDP User Datagram Protocol

TCP Transmission Control Protocol

Virtual circuit service (connection-oriented) Send acknowledgement for each received packet Checksum to validate data Data may be transmitted simultaneously in both directions

UDP User Datagram Protocol

Datagram service (connectionless) Data may be lost Data may arrive out of sequence Checksum for data but no retransmission
Bad packets dropped

IP header
device header
IP header

TCP/UDP header
payload

IP data

vers

hlen

svc type (TOS) flags protocol

total length header checksum

TTL

source IP address
destination IP address options and pad

20 bytes

fragment identification

fragment offset

Headers: TCP & UDP

device header
IP header TCP/UDP header payload IP data

TCP header
src port dest port

UDP header
src port dest port checksum

ack number
hdr len

20 bytes

seq number - flags window urgent ptr

seg length

8 bytes

checksum

options and pad

Device header (Ethernet II)

device header
IP header TCP/UDP header payload frame type IP data

dest addr

src addr

data

CRC

6 bytes

6 bytes

46-1500 bytes

18 bytes + data

Quality of Service Problems in IP

Too much traffic
Congestion

Inefficient packet transmission

59 bytes to send 1 byte in TCP/IP! 20 bytes TCP + 20 bytes IP + 18 bytes ethernet

Unreliable delivery
Software to the rescue TCP/IP

Unpredictable packet delivery

Programming Interfaces

Sockets
IP lets us send data between machines
TCP & UDP are transport layer protocols
Contain port number to identify transport endpoint (application)

One popular abstraction for transport layer connectivity: sockets

Developed at Berkeley

Sockets
Attempt at generalized IPC model Goals:
communication between processes should not depend on whether they are on the same machine efficiency compatibility support different protocols and naming conventions

Socket
Abstract object from which messages are sent and received
Looks like a file descriptor Application can select particular style of communication
Virtual circuit, datagram, message-based, inorder delivery

Unrelated processes should be able to locate communication endpoints

Sockets should be named Name meaningful in the communications domain

Programming with sockets

Step 1
int s = socket(domain, type, protocol)
AF_INET SOCK_STREAM useful if some SOCK_DGRAM families have

Create a socket

more than one protocol to support a given service

Step 2
int error = bind(s, addr, addrlen)
socket
Address structure struct sockaddr*

Name the socket (assign address, port)

length of address structure

Step 3a (server)
Set socket to be able to accept connections

int error = listen(s, backlog)

socket
queue length for pending connections

Step 3b (server)
int snew = accept(s, clntaddr, &clntalen)
pointer to address structure length of address structure

Wait for a connection from client

socket new socket for this session

Step 3 (client)
int error = connect(s, svraddr, svraddrlen) socket
length of address structure

Connect to server

Address structure struct sockaddr*

Step 4
Exchange data
Connection-oriented read/write recv/send (extra flags)
Connectionless sendto, sendmsg recvfrom, recvmsg

Step 5
Close connection
shutdown(s, how)
how:

0: can send but not receive 1: cannot send more data 2: cannot send or receive (=0+1)

Sockets in Java
java.net package
Two major classes:
Socket: client-side ServerSocket: server-side

Step 1a (server)
Create socket and name it
ServerSocket svc = new ServerSocket(port)

Step 1b (server)
Wait for connection from client
Server req = svc.accept()
new socket for client session

Step 1 (client)
Create socket and name it
Socket s = new Socket(address, port);
obtained from: getLocalHost, getByName, or getAllByName

Socket s = new Socket(cs.rutgers.edu, 2211);

Step 2
Exchange data obtain InputStream/OutputStream from Socket object
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader( new InputStreamReader( s.getInputStream())); PrintStream out = new PrintStream(s.getOutputStream());

Step 3
Terminate connection close streams, close socket
in.close(); out.close(); s.close();

The end.