For hobbyist programmers who are interested in learning about Internet programming, we’ve released a free version of our popular SocketWrench ActiveX control. It has the standard features of our commercial product, but does not include support for secure connections or the Internet Server components. We’re offering this to developers as a way to both introduce [...]
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One of the significant new features in SocketTools 6.0 will be support for the Secure Shell protocol, also known as SSH. As the name implies, this protocol provides a secure, encrypted connection between the local host and a remote computer, ensuring that third-parties cannot decipher any intercepted network traffic. Originally SSH was used primarily on [...]
As a software developer, most of your time is spent creating, maintaining and debugging code. However, one of the aspects of development that is often overlooked is the actual build process itself. Of course, we all build projects from the IDE, but when it comes to production releases many developers — particularly those working on [...]