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Contents Listing

Foreword



Preface



1. Introduction

Application Protocol Design

The Problem Space

The IETF and BEEP

beepcore.org

How This Book Is Organized



2. Concepts

Sessions

Channels

Exchanges

Messages

Packet Formats and Traces



3. Tuning

The Greeting

Channel Management

The TLS Profile

The SASL Family of Profiles

Tuning in Practice

Tuning Profiles Versus Exchange Profiles

The Lifecycle of a Session



4. Exchanges

Client/Server

Server/Client

Peer-to-Peer

Let's Recap



5. BEEP in Java

A Guided Tour

Fundamental Classes



6. BEEP in C

A Portable Implementation

Echo and Sink

Reliable Syslog



7. BEEP in Tcl

Introduction to Tcl SOAP

Adding BEEP Support to the Client

Adding BEEP Support to the Server



8. Futures

Experiences

Stability and Evolution

Tunneling

Transport Mappings

Finally



Appendix. On the Design of Application Protocols



References



Index