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TCPclient/Socket class
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The Socket class is an implementation of classic Berkeley Sockets. The TcpClient and TcpListener is specific to Microsoft.
Use Socket if you're already familiar with writing BSD socket calls, or porting a Socket library program to .NET
Use TcpClient and/or TcpListener if you're starting from scratch and are going 100% .NET development, as the TcpClient has a method called GetStream(), that returns a NetworkStream object. You can then hook that up to all the existing stream functionality in .NET (cryptography, file I/O, compression, etc.).
Chip H.
Use Socket if you're already familiar with writing BSD socket calls, or porting a Socket library program to .NET
Use TcpClient and/or TcpListener if you're starting from scratch and are going 100% .NET development, as the TcpClient has a method called GetStream(), that returns a NetworkStream object. You can then hook that up to all the existing stream functionality in .NET (cryptography, file I/O, compression, etc.).
Chip H.
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