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I’ve read about WebSockets and I wonder why browser couldn’t simply open trivial TCP connection and communicate with server like any other desktop application. And why this communication is...
I recently checked out the book “UNIX Network Programming, Vol. 1” by Richards Stevens and I found that there is a third transport layer standard besides TCP and UDP:...
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What is the maximum packet size for a TCP connection or how can I get the maximum packet size? 10 Answers 10
I’m trying to implement a TCP connection, everything works fine from the server’s side but when I run the client program (from client computer) I get the following error:...
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I would like to simulate packet delay and loss for UDP and TCP on Linux to measure the performance of an application. Is there a simple way to do...
Assuming infinite performance from hardware, can a Linux box support >65536 open TCP connections? I understand that the number of ephemeral ports (<65536) limits the number of connections from...
Can two applications on the same machine bind to the same port and IP address? Taking it a step further, can one app listen to requests coming from a...