G. V.
Acharya Institute of Engineering & Technology
Computer Engineering Department
Program: Sem VIII
Course: Distributed Computing Lab (CSL802)
Faculty: Narayan Kharje
Experiment No. 2
A.1 Aim: To Implement Group Communication as a Chat application using socket
programming.
PART B
(PART B: TO BE COMPLETED BY STUDENTS)
Roll No. Name:
Class: Batch:
Date of Experiment: Date of Submission:
Grade:
B.1 Software Code written by student:
● Server.py import
time, socket, sys
new_socket = socket.socket() host_name =
socket.gethostname() s_ip =
socket.gethostbyname(host_name) port =
8080
print("Welcome to the Chat Room\n")
new_socket.bind((host_name, port))
print("Binding Successful!") print("This is
your IP: ", s_ip) name = input('Enter name:
1
') new_socket.listen(1) conn, add =
new_socket.accept()
print("Received connection from ", add[0]) print('Connection
Established. Connected From: ',add[0]) client =
(conn.recv(1024)).decode() print(client + ' has connected.')
conn.send(name.encode()) while True:
message = input('Me : ')
conn.send(message.encode()) message =
conn.recv(1024) message =
message.decode() print(client, ':',
message)
● Client.py import
time, socket, sys
socket_server = socket.socket() server_host
= socket.gethostname() ip =
socket.gethostbyname(server_host) sport =
8080
print("Welcome to the Chat Room\n") server_host =
input('Enter friend\'s IP address:') name = input('Enter
Friend\'s name: ') socket_server.connect((server_host, sport))
socket_server.send(name.encode()) server_name =
socket_server.recv(1024) server_name =
server_name.decode()
print(server_name,' has joined...') while True: message
= (socket_server.recv(1024)).decode()
print(server_name, ":", message) message =
input("Me : ") socket_server.send(message.encode())
B.2 Input and Output:
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● Client.py
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B.3 Observations and learning:
In this experiment, we learnt socket programming to establish a server-client network and
implemented a chat application in python.
B.4 Conclusion:
We successfully implemented a chat application using socket programming in python. B.5
Question of Curiosity.
Q1: Server Socket consists of port address and IP address or only port address. ANS:
- A server socket has a port address as well as an IP address. Every device on a TCP/IP
network requires an IP address. The gadget is identified by its IP address. A socket is
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associated with a port number so that the TCP layer can identify the application to
which data is being transmitted.
Q2: Compare UDP socket programming and TCP socket programming ANS:
Feature TCP UDP
Connection Connectionless protocol with no
status Requires an established requirements for opening,
connection to transmit data maintaining, or terminating a
(connection should be closed connection
once the transmission is
complete)
Able to sequence Unable to sequence
Data
sequencing
Guaranteed Can guarantee delivery of data to Cannot guarantee delivery of data to
delivery the destination router the destination
Speed Slower than UDP Faster than TCP
Broadcasting Does support Broadcasting
Does not support
Broadcasting
Optimal use
Used by HTTPS, HTTP, SMTP, Video conferencing, streaming,
POP, FTP, etc DNS, VoIP, etc
Error checking Extensive error checking and Basic error checking mechanism using
acknowledgement of data checksums
Q3. The distributed system uses a ___________architecture to break down the complexity of
system design. The _______________ is the distributed software that drives the distributed
system while providing transparency of heterogeneity at the platform level.
1. Layered, Middleware
2. Message-passing, CORBA
3. Tree, RPC
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4. Loosely coupled, MPI
ANS: 1. Layered Middleware
Q4: The ____________________allows the server and client to authenticate each other and
to negotiate an encryption algorithm and cryptographic keys before the application protocol
transmits or receives its first byte of data.
1. SSL record protocol
2. SSL TCP segment
3. SSL handshake protocol
4. None of these
ANS: 3. SSL handshake protocol
