Jon Cole
New MSDN articles about WCF and WF
MSDN recently published a series of new articles about WCF and WF. Take a look and let me know...
Date: 09/09/2011
WCF Keep Alive Channel
Customers periodically ask for a way to enable TCP Keep Alive on the underlying socket for the TCP...
Date: 05/24/2011
Fix available for SMSvcHost.exe Event Log ID 8 issue
A fix for the SMSvcHost.exe Event ID 8 issue described here has now been published. The download...
Date: 04/22/2011
Server-side Tcp Connection pooling
An internal customer was asking how to control connection pooling on the server side of WCF for the...
Date: 10/26/2010
SMSvcHost.exe Event Log ID 8 - An error occurred while dispatching a duplicated socket: this handle is now leaked in the process
Recently, I have worked with several internal and external customers that are hitting an odd error...
Date: 06/29/2010
TCP Port sharing - Access is denied
I recently helped a customer who ran into this error: System.ServiceModel.CommunicationException:...
Date: 06/10/2010
Impersonation code in C#
While investigating a customer issue, I needed code to impersonate a different user on the current...
Date: 09/21/2009
Sample Asynchronous SslStream Client/Server Implementation
I was recently asked about sample code for the System.Net.Security.SslStream using the asynchronous...
Date: 06/13/2007
Creating a Process Memory Dump
When trying to help customers debug some issues it is periodically necessary to get a memory dump...
Date: 03/29/2007
Be consistent in your configuration
I recently worked with a customer using BizTalk 2004. They were experiencing some very odd behavior...
Date: 03/23/2007
Suggested Practices for proxy configuration when using System.Net.HttpWebRequest
I have periodically received questions on how to configure code using HttpWebRequest in an...
Date: 06/13/2006
Simple Message Framing Sample for TCP Socket - Part 2 (Asynchronous)
As a follow up to my last post (https://blogs.msdn.com/joncole/archive/2006/03/20/555721.aspx) I...
Date: 04/25/2006
Simple Message Framing Sample for TCP Socket
A common misunderstanding for developers new to network programming over TCP sockets is how messages...
Date: 03/20/2006
Managed classes to view/manipulate the Windows Firewall
I have been needing a set of classes to give me access to the settings for the Windows Firewall. I...
Date: 12/06/2005
HttpWebRequest and Authentication - Part 1
Authentication over HTTP is a way for a client to prove its identity to the server so that it can...
Date: 11/09/2005
HttpWebRequest and Expect 100 Continue
How do the ServicePointManager.Expect100Continue and ServicePoint.Expect100Continue properties...
Date: 09/08/2005