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Notify client about changes in database in java
I've been searching around for the answer to this question, but haven't been able to find a solution.
I am working on a distributed client-server system that uses TCP. The program's functions is to ...
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Comparing TCP/IP applications vs HTTP applications [closed]
I'm interested in developing a large-scale user-facing website that is written in Java.
As for design, I'm thinking of developing independent, modular services that can act as data providers to my ...
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TCP and UDP basics: connecting to a website
I am just learning computer networks so please forgive me if this question is naive. I know the TCP protocol binds itself to a port till the transfer of messages is over (port 80) and UDP is best ...
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Socket Message Framing - Length-prefixing vs Delimiter
What are advantages/disadvantages of each method?
Currently I'm using Length-prefixing and want to know if there's a better way to do message framing.
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Can TCP/IP Sequence and Acknowledgement numbers be controlled?
Normally TCP/IP Sequence and Acknowledge numbers are 32 bit. However, I need a way to shorten them to be 24 bit (it's an experiment in deep inspection firewalls).
Question: Is it possible to shorten ...
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Does data size in TCP/UDP make a difference on transmission time
While discussing the development of a network component for our game engine, a member of our team suggested that transmitting either 500 bytes or 1k of data using UDP makes no difference from ...
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Is it a right thing to do, to use Node.JS as a TCP Server? [closed]
Part I - The Story:
I have crafted a high performance TCP server in C# (based on SocketAsyncEventArgs) which works brilliantly (for my cause). I have more than 7000 clients, sending me a message ...
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Websocket protocol server development
I am interested in building a custom Websocket server for college project. I have a good familiarity about HTTP 1.1 and knows quite well of how it works. I am asking this question assuming that ...
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Server distribution for high performance
I've developed a Socket Application on top of TCP in .NET C#, which allows many clients to send files from one another via a VPS I'm using. Most file transfers will occur between people in the same ...
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Looking to build a 2 java applications. should it be web-based application or standalone application?
The first application (web-based) will be located at site1 and once the information is processed, it will be sent to the second application(web-based) located at site2. Application2 needs to be able ...
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Writing a TCP protocol or use HTTP for file transfer?
I want to write a server side application which allows several users to exchange files (not above 3MB) in the following way: user A connects to (server) S. User B connects to S. User C connects S. ...
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Sockets intricacies in TCP and UDP
I am quite familiar with TCP and UDP. I understand the process by which TCP establishes connections and other theoretical facts about TCP but when reading up about TCP hole punching for NAT ...
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Understanding open and listening ports
I developed an app in Java (which is working perfectly; with this app you can scan TCP/UDP ports -for testing purposes only-), but meanwhile when I was writing the code I read several documentation ...
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Setting source IP with posix sockets
Is it possible for an application to request a socket (tcp) and have it set the source address without using raw sockets? (the addresses would be bound to the interfaces. [no spoofing]).
This would be ...
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tcp retransmission queue
I'm trying to understand how tcp retransmission queue works so I can implement it in my application that uses TCAP over SCTP.
What I understood from the TCP queue is that every message is saved in ...
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Is TCP/IP an OSI Replacement or both are inter-dependent and meant to work together
I'm confused in differentiating the OSI Model and TCP/IP suite. As per my knowledge. OSI is a structure on top of which Networks are built and TCP/IP is the suite of protocols that operate on these 7 ...
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Creating crossplatform TCP proxy/gateway that would handle maximum possible clients simultaneously on 1GB ethernet pipe?
So what I wonder about is preaty simple - having in mind next architecture:
-> computing unit "A"
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gateway --> computing unit "B" same as A
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-> computing ...
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What should a programmer know about IIS and various protocols (tcp, http, etc.) when developing web apps and services, etc.?
Often one of the biggest problem areas for me when developing software (win and web) is some of the more (seemingly) abstract areas like tcp/ip, deploying to IIS and the various configurations, etc. ...
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Understanding the stateless internet [closed]
I'm transitioning from being a desktop developer to a web developer, and I'm having trouble understanding why HTTP is stateless. What are the reasons for it? What are some ways a desktop developer ...
