tcp_server.py

#!/usr/bin/python

import socket
import threading

bind_ip = "0.0.0.0"
bind_port = 9999

# create a socket object
server = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET,socket.SOCK_STREAM)

# bind the server
server.bind((bind_ip,bind_port))

server.listen(5)

print "[*] Listening on %s:%d" % (bind_ip,bind_port)

# client handling thread
def handle_client(client_socket):
    
    # print data sent from client
    request = client_socket.recv(1024)
    
    print "Received: %s" % request
    
    # send back a packet
    client_socket.send("ACK!")
    
    client_socket.close()
    
    
    while True:
        
        client,addr = server.accept()
        
        print "[*] Accepted connection from: %s:%d" % (addr[0],addr[1])
        
        # spin up our client thread to handle incoming data
        client_handler = threading.Thread(target=handle_client,args=(client,))
        client_handler.start()