A socket is defined as the endpoint of a two-way communication between two processes running over a network. Inter-process communication can be achieved using sockets. After a connection between the ...

I wrote a pair of apps, one a server and one a client, and they were free-standing java programs. They work seamlessly, only now we want to run the client from behind a firewall, and it's not working.

The two most common transport layer protocols are the transmission control protocol (TCP) and the user datagram protocol (UDP). One of the main differences between the two protocols is reliability.

Create a JavaScript client that works with a WCF 4.5 WebSockets service to receive continuous, ongoing updates from the service. In my last two columns, I've looked at configuring and writing a WCF ...

I have several embedded linux cards that I use as a SCADA/IoT system to control lights, read motion detectors and so forth between the barn, the cabin and greenhouse. Currently, I just have ethernet ...

In two previous articles [in the September and October 2007 issues of LJ], I looked at the basics of SCTP, how you can use SCTP as a replacement for TCP and how you can use SCTP to process multiple ...