EE-LES Examples

• Chapter 3 - Process communication
  • Start a new process in Posix
  • Start a new process in Windows
  • Named Shared memory demo in Posix
  • Named Shared memory server in Posix   Named Shared memory client in Posix  
  • Named Shared memory server in Windows   Named Shared memory client in Windows  
  • E.g.: ls -al | sort | more or ls -al | sort > out.txt
  • Unnamed Pipes in Posix
  • Named Pipes in Posix - sender   Named Pipes in Posix - receiver  
  • STDIO Pipes in Windows - parent
  • STDIO Pipes in Windows - child
  • The handling control queue signals
  • The idea of Unix shell program
  • The idea of a TCP/IP server
  • The idea of a TCP/IP client
  • Makefile
• Chapter 4 - Threads
  • Threads in Posix
  • Threads in Windows
• Chapter 5 - Scheduling
  • Scheduling threads in Posix
• Chapter 6 - Synchronization
  • Thread synchronization in Posix
  • Thread deadlock in Posix
  • Thread synchronization in Windows
• Chapter 10 - File System Interface
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• Chapter 11 - File System Descriptions (Wikipedia Articles)
  • File systems
    • FAT - FAT12, FAT16, FAT32
    • NTFS (Windows)
    • ZFS (Solaris)
    • ext2 (*nix)
    • ext2 (*nix)
    • ext3 (*nix)
    • ext4 (*nix)
    • ISO9660 (CD)
    • JFFS2 (flash memory)
  • Partition tables, low-level format, bootloaders
    • Partition tables
    • Formatting disks
    • Master boot record
    • Volume boot record (chain loading)
    • Booting
    • GRUB
    • LILO
    • NTLDR
    • Vista boot
• Chapter 13 - IO System Interface
  • Serial port in Windows
  • Serial port in Posix (to port)
  • Serial port in Posix (from port)
  • Joystick in Windows (not a file IO though)
  • Joysitck in Posix (definitely file IO)
  • WebCam/Video in Posix (can use file IO or passed pointer) from BU Alumni
  • Real Time Clock in Posix (shows use of both ioct and read)
• Chapter 15 - Security
  • The anathomy of buffer overrun
  • A program that features buffer overrun
  • Read about SQL injection