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A

Accept property, 205

advantages of .NET Framework, 67

Anonymous authentication, 311

APIs, class-based model for, 6

application domains, 262263

application protocols layer, System.Net, 102, 112116

architecture of .NET model, 7

ARP (Address Resolution Protocol), 322323

ASP.NET

classes for, 1013

purpose of, 10

threading, 237

Weather Service sample application, 1013

asynchronous HTTP model

aborting requests , 226228

BeginGetRequestStream method, 221224

BeginGetResponse method, 224226

purpose of, 220

asynchronous programming pattern

application model for, 18

AsyncNetworkIO sample program, 66

bandwidth requirements, 329

BeginXXX methods , 6265

calling methods, 63

class design, 62

delegate callback methods for, 6365

ending tasks , 63

EndXXX methods, 6265

HTTP. See asynchronous HTTP model

IAsyncResult, 6365

memory requirements for, 327

network streams with, 6365

optimizing Web classes, 331333

performance of, 323326

purpose of, 47, 62

sockets. See asynchronous sockets

state parameters, 65

streams, 27

synchronous calls, mixing with, 63

asynchronous sockets

accepting requests, 195197

byte array preservation, 199

canceling operations, 197, 201

clients , 153, 159

closing, 201

connections, 197

data transfer, 198200

methods for, 192193

Monitor.Enter calls, 199200

multiple accept operations, 197

multiple callbacks, 199200

posting operations, 193195

purpose of, 192

tracking operations, 201

attachments, 258259

authentication

Anonymous, 311

Authenticate method, 232233

AuthenticationManager class, 231232

Authorization objects, 233

Basic, 312, 314

Certificate, 312, 314

certificates, 234237

ConnectionGroupName property, 335336

connections, HTTP, 230234

CredentialCache objects, 233

dangers of, 234

Default Credentials, 233

Digest, 312, 314

escalation attacks, 335

Forms, 312, 314

HTTP, schemes for, 311315

IAuthenticationModule class, 232233

IIS schemes for, 311315

impersonation, 234

Integrated, 312, 314

.NET remoting, 271

NetworkCredential class, 104105, 230231

NTLM, 336

Passport, 313, 314

performance issues, 334336

pre-authentication, 232233, 247248, 315, 334

TCP channels, 274

Web services using, 247248

X.509 certificates, 234237

authorization

Authorization objects, 233

for Web services, 315

autoconfigure addresses, 128, 131

automatic proxy detection, 257

awareness, network, 338342