October 2011
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New client profile: MiX Telematics
We have a new client profile available here for a client that we’ve had since 2009 and who use The Server Framework in their vehicle tracking software. -
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A little note to all you Chinese hackers
My server logs are showing that there are some people currently trying to hack this site. They appear to be mainly Chinese. I assume you think you might be able to download the source code to The Server Framework for free if you manage to … -
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Latest release of The Server Framework: 6.5.1
Version 6.5.1 of The Server Framework was released today. This is primarily a bug fix release, although we also add several new example clients and servers. This release includes the following, see the release notes, here, for full details … -
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Out of band data, TCP Urgent mode and overlapped I/O
Some stream protocols have the concept of ‘out of band’ (OOB) data. This is a separate logical communication channel between the peers which enables data that is unrelated to the current data in the stream to be sent alongside … -
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Windows 8 Registered I/O Networking Extensions
Most of the buzz being generated around the Windows 8 Developer Previews at the moment seems to be centred on the new Metro user interface and the Windows Runtime. Whilst both Metro and WinRT are key components of the next Windows release I … -
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Windows 8 Registered I/O and I/O Completion Ports
In my last blog post I introduced the Windows 8 Registered I/O Networking Extensions, RIO. As I explained there are three ways to retrieve completions from RIO, polled, event driven and via an I/O Completion Port (IOCP). This makes RIO … -
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Windows 8 Registered I/O Buffer Strategies
One of the things that allows the Windows 8 Registered I/O Networking Extensions, RIO, to perform better than normal Winsock calls is the fact that the memory used for I/O operations is pre-registered with the API. This allows RIO to do all …