Re: Basic question about sockets and security

2007-05-07 Thread Steve Holden
Dave Dean wrote: [socket security inquiry] One further point: everything I wrote for server sockets applies to client sockets too if there's a possibility they are interacting with a server that's been maliciously coded, or compromised in some way by an attacker. regards Steve -- Steve Hold

Re: Basic question about sockets and security

2007-05-07 Thread Steve Holden
Dave Dean wrote: > Hi all, > I'm just starting out in sockets/network programming, and I have a very > basic question...what are the 'security' implications of opening up a > socket? For example, suppose I've written a simple chat server and chat > client. The server opens a socket, listens

Basic question about sockets and security

2007-05-02 Thread Dave Dean
Hi all, I'm just starting out in sockets/network programming, and I have a very basic question...what are the 'security' implications of opening up a socket? For example, suppose I've written a simple chat server and chat client. The server opens a socket, listens on a port, and accepts inco