Foundations of Python Network Programming

„„„„„„„„„I, J, K

Ian Bicking’s WebOb library, 163
IMAP. See Internet Message
Access Protocol (IMAP)
IMAP4rev1, 268
IMAP4_SSL object, 106
IMAPClient, 270
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA), 18
Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP), 15
Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP), 243
advantages, 267
e-mail folders, 268
Python Standard Library
asynchrony, 286
download mail, 275
EXISTS, 274
fetch(), 281
FLAGS, 274
folder information, 274
folders examination, 272
folders and messages manipulation, 285
IMAPClient, 270, 277–281
List command, 268–269
message deletion, 283
message flags, 283
message ranges, 273
MIME parts, 281
MIXED value, 282
numbers vs. UIDs, 273
PERMANENTFLAGS, 274
RECENT, 274
search() method, 284
UIDNEXT, 274
UIDVALIDITY, 274
UNSEEN, 274

„„„„„„„„„L

Legacy module asyncore, 131
Listening sockets, 41, 45
listen() method, 45
load_default_certs() method, 101

„„„„„„„„„M

Maximum transmission unit (MTU), 15, 21, 32

Memcached

default port, 138

expensive operation, 139

RAM storage, 140

set() and get() operation, 138

sharding, 137

SQL query, 140

too old, 140

Message queue protocols

AMQP protocol, 144

judge and pythagoras, 148

Monte Carlo method, 145

ØMQ Messaging Fabric, 146

pipeline topology, 143

publisher-subscriber/fanout topology, 144

publish-subscribe topology, 145

request-reply pattern, 144

socket operations, 147

tally workers, 148

third-party libraries, 144

missing_host_key() method, 306

Monte Carlo method, 145

Multiplexing, 17

Multipurpose Internet Mail

Extensions (MIME) version, 227

„„„„„„„„„N

Network data

binary numbers and byte order, 79

bytes, 75–76

character strings

ASCII characters, 76

decoding, 77

multibyte encodings, 77–78

single-byte encoding, 77

Standard Library documentation, 79

compression, 87

unused_data, 88

zlib facility, 87

exceptions (see Network exceptions)

framing, 81

data delivery, 81

data streaming, 83

fixed-length messages, 83

HTTP protocol, 85

issues of, 81

sendall() and close(), 81

JSON format, 87

network standards, 75

pickle load() function, 86

■ index

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