Chilkat Socket/SSL/TLS .NET

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The Chilkat socket component/library provides a high-level, easy-to-use API for TCP/IP socket programming. It supports creating secure channels w/ SSL 2.0, SSL 3.0, and TLS 1.0. Both client-side and server-side SSL/TLS is supported, including the use and verification of digital certificates. (Digital certificates are typically optional on the client-side of a secure connection.) May be used in combination with the Chilkat Diffie-Hellman component to create custom secure channels. Provides the ability to convert already-open connections to secure connections or back. Provides asynchronous methods for sending and receiving asynchronously. Includes easy-to-use DNS lookup methods.

.NET Socket Component Features

• SSL/TLS and non-SSL/TLS programming is identical.
• Progress monitoring and abort capability for SSL and non-SSL connections.
• Asynchronously accept connections.
• Asynchronously intiate connection.
• Asynchronously send data.
• Asynchronously receive data.
• DNS Lookup (synchronous and asynchronous)
• Examine server-certificate for SSL connections.
• Optionally use client-certificate for SSL connections.
• Implements both server-side and client-side for SSL.
• Receive strings or byte data on TCP/IP sockets.
• Receive until match.
• Receive until byte.
• Receive until CRLF.
• Heartbeat events for "alive" status.
• Session logging.
• Automatic charset conversion (if desired) when sending/receiving strings.
• Build HTTP request in-memory
• SOCKS4 and SOCKS5 proxy support.
• HTTP proxy support.