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Assignment Requirements

Overview

This document outlines the requirements for the Socket Programming Assignment in Distributed Systems course.

Tasks

Task 1: Hostname to IP Converter

Write a simple program that can read a host name and convert it to an IP address
Handle both single and multiple IP addresses
Provide proper error handling for invalid hostnames

Task 2: Ping-Pong Client-Server Application

Server responds with "pong" when receiving "ping"
Other messages should be safely dropped by the server
Support multiple concurrent clients

Task 3: Uppercase Message Converter

Server converts client messages to uppercase
Return the converted message back to the client
Implement both client and server programs

Technical Requirements

Java 17 LTS
Socket programming using java.net package
Proper error handling and resource management
Multi-threading support where applicable