Learning Network Programming

Hey guys, I'm looking to learn network programming. Sockets and the IPS and so on. If possible I'd prefer a hands on sort of tutorial that teaches you how to do the actual programming, preferably in Python since that's the simplest language I know, meaning I can spend more time thinking about the new concepts involved in networking and less about the intricacies of the particular language and whatever libraries or APIs I'm using.

But really even a purely conceptual introduction to this stuff'd be nice. My current level of knowledge is nil: I know NOTHING about TCP/IP and don't even know what a socket IS. I have a cursory understanding of HTTP, but nothing more.

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Do you know the difference between RFC854 and RFC2616? It's RFC1762.