These pages that might provide some ideas on how to design a protocol (e.g.,
for a class project). One major choice to make is whether you make a textual
(human-readable) or binary protocol. Then there are issues with framing
messages. Do you start transmission by sending a message length, or does the
protocol use some sort of sentry / end-of-message marker? Also, if making a
binary protocol, consider endianness
when sending integers.
- Design Your Own Protocol in 5 Minutes
- Network Protocol Design — I’d only read up through “Objects in Binary Data Exchange”; skip the “PUP” part.
- Application Protocol Design