Building Remote Shell Client

Introduction

In this project, you will learn how to build a remote shell client that can connect to a remote server and execute shell commands. This project is designed to help you understand the fundamentals of network programming and client-server architecture.

🎯 Tasks

In this project, you will learn:

• How to modify the socket type in the client code to use the correct protocol (TCP)
• How to convert the port number to network byte order for proper communication
• How to correctly set up the connection parameters for the connect() function

🏆 Achievements

After completing this project, you will be able to:

• Understand the importance of using the correct socket type and network byte order in network programming
• Implement a basic client-server communication using sockets
• Execute shell commands on a remote server from a local client