Use www.python.org instead of a hostname pointing to a parked (or squatted) domain.

Also, reformat a bit.
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Antoine Pitrou 2011-12-05 01:37:34 +01:00
parent fa03f6c863
commit 8345451170
1 changed files with 10 additions and 13 deletions

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@ -60,11 +60,10 @@ Creating a Socket
Roughly speaking, when you clicked on the link that brought you to this page,
your browser did something like the following::
#create an INET, STREAMing socket
# create an INET, STREAMing socket
s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
#now connect to the web server on port 80
# - the normal http port
s.connect(("www.mcmillan-inc.com", 80))
# now connect to the web server on port 80 - the normal http port
s.connect(("www.python.org", 80))
When the ``connect`` completes, the socket ``s`` can be used to send
in a request for the text of the page. The same socket will read the
@ -75,13 +74,11 @@ exchanges).
What happens in the web server is a bit more complex. First, the web server
creates a "server socket"::
#create an INET, STREAMing socket
serversocket = socket.socket(
socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
#bind the socket to a public host,
# and a well-known port
# create an INET, STREAMing socket
serversocket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
# bind the socket to a public host, and a well-known port
serversocket.bind((socket.gethostname(), 80))
#become a server socket
# become a server socket
serversocket.listen(5)
A couple things to notice: we used ``socket.gethostname()`` so that the socket
@ -101,10 +98,10 @@ Now that we have a "server" socket, listening on port 80, we can enter the
mainloop of the web server::
while True:
#accept connections from outside
# accept connections from outside
(clientsocket, address) = serversocket.accept()
#now do something with the clientsocket
#in this case, we'll pretend this is a threaded server
# now do something with the clientsocket
# in this case, we'll pretend this is a threaded server
ct = client_thread(clientsocket)
ct.run()