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MIX08 and Astoria
In a few days I'll be heading off to MIX08 with a few members of the Astoria team to check out all...
Author: mflasko Date: 02/29/2008
Astoria Dec 2007 CTP is Released!
My blog has been slow over the last few months, but this time its not because I haven't been...
Author: mflasko Date: 12/11/2007
Upcoming Astoria talks
I'll be presenting an Astoria talk at the upcoming Dev Connections conference in Las Vegas and later...
Author: mflasko Date: 10/29/2007
Data Programmability and Astoria
My blog has been silent for a while as I have been switching focus and moved from the Windows...
Author: mflasko Date: 08/06/2007
Survey: Calling All Layered Service Provider (LSP) Developers
Ok, this will conclude my string of survey posts (I promise). As we plan future additions and...
Author: mflasko Date: 02/07/2007
Survey: Network Developement on Windows
We have recently launched a survey to get your feedback regarding the network development experience...
Author: mflasko Date: 02/07/2007
Writing IP Agnostic Application Tidbits on Channel9
I have yet to write the third part in the series on writing ip agnostic apps, but in the meantime,...
Author: mflasko Date: 12/14/2006
Writing IP Agnostic Applications (How to support IPv4 & IPv6)
With the adoption of IPv6 ever increasing (ie. it is the preferred protocol on Windows Vista) it is...
Author: mflasko Date: 10/24/2006
System.Net.HttpWebRequest & pipelining
The System.Net.HttpWebRequest class in the .Net Framework implements a HTTP stack in managed code....
Author: mflasko Date: 07/18/2006
Winsock enhancements in Vista
We have made a number of improvements in Winsock for Windows Vista. Recently we have detailed a few...
Author: mflasko Date: 02/24/2006
Handling a timeout when reading network data
I have been involved in a number of forum posts and mail threads lately regarding reading data from...
Author: mflasko Date: 02/20/2006
Listening for Network Address Changes
In version 2.0 of the .Net Framework, we added a new namespace under System.Net called...
Author: mflasko Date: 12/29/2005
Using a single socket to accept IPv6 of IPv4 connections
Generally I don't like making a post that only includes links to other posts, but I'm making an...
Author: mflasko Date: 11/19/2005
Strict HTTP Parsing
In version 2.0 of the .Net Framework, we (System.Net) changed how we parse HTTP traffic. The change...
Author: mflasko Date: 11/02/2005
System.Net now registers a default FtpWebRequest implementation
Prior to the .NET Framework version 2.0, applications could register a component to handle FTP...
Author: mflasko Date: 09/12/2005
Connection Groups and Connection Limits
The goal of this article is to explain how connection limits on service points are interpreted when...
Author: mflasko Date: 09/12/2005
What would you like to see in System.Net?
Now that we are winding down version 2.0 of the Framework and moving towards the release of Whidbey,...
Author: mflasko Date: 09/08/2005
The System.Net Team ... almost
I thought this would be a great way to start off this blog. The following is a team picture taken of...
Author: mflasko Date: 08/22/2005