Why is SCTP not much used/known

Indeed, SCTP is used mostly in the telecom area. Traditionally, telecom switches use SS7 (Signaling System No. 7) to interconnect different entities in the telecom network. For example – the telecom provider’s subscriber data base(HLR), with a switch (MSC), the subscriber is connected too (MSC). The telecom area is moving to higher speeds and more … Read more

How to provide user name and password when connecting to a network share

I liked Mark Brackett’s answer so much that I did my own quick implementation. Here it is if anyone else needs it in a hurry: public class NetworkConnection : IDisposable { string _networkName; public NetworkConnection(string networkName, NetworkCredential credentials) { _networkName = networkName; var netResource = new NetResource() { Scope = ResourceScope.GlobalNetwork, ResourceType = ResourceType.Disk, DisplayType … Read more

How to find an available port?

If you don’t mind the port used, specify a port of 0 to the ServerSocket constructor and it will listen on any free port. ServerSocket s = new ServerSocket(0); System.out.println(“listening on port: ” + s.getLocalPort()); If you want to use a specific set of ports, then the easiest way is probably to iterate through them … Read more

An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host

This generally means that the remote side closed the connection (usually by sending a TCP/IP RST packet). If you’re working with a third-party application, the likely causes are: You are sending malformed data to the application (which could include sending an HTTPS request to an HTTP server) The network link between the client and server … Read more

A clean, lightweight alternative to Python’s twisted? [closed]

Twisted is complex, you’re right about that. Twisted is not bloated. If you take a look here: http://twistedmatrix.com/trac/browser/trunk/twisted you’ll find an organized, comprehensive, and very well tested suite of many protocols of the internet, as well as helper code to write and deploy very sophisticated network applications. I wouldn’t confuse bloat with comprehensiveness. It’s well … Read more

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