Index

C

CA (certificate authority), 312

<Cache> element, 375

caching, 9, 30, 238, 299-301

CancelTask( ) method, 151

CCW (COM callable wrappers), 347

censorship, vulnerability to, 11

central discovery server, 18, 24-25, 28

.cer file, 387

certificate authority (CA), 312

CertificateManagement Education and Help.html file, 387

CertificateManagementUI sample application, 386-87

challenges of peer-to-peer, 9

ChangeStatus( ) method, 253

channel classes, 69

channel sinks, 65

<channel> tag, 67

channels, 65-67

HTTP, 65-66, 110

TCP, 20, 64

ChannelServices.RegisterChannel( ) method, 68

characteristics of peer-to-peer, 23-27

network addressing challenges, 26-27

peer discovery, 24-25

peer identity, 23-24

server-mode/client-mode (SM/CM) model, 25-26

Check( ) method, 181

CheckForFile( ) method, 273, 276

cipher-block streaming, 148

Class A networks, 192

Class B networks, 192, 193

Class C networks, 192, 193

class library (DLL) project, 50

classes. See also names of specific classes

channel, 69

collection, 42

ordinary, 40

remotable, 40

serializable, 40, 41, 42, 43

client lifetime, 134-44

client login, 315-17

client side, login process on, 321

Client-activated objects, 46

ClientInfo class, 135

ClientProcess class, 83, 84-90, 98, 384

Hashtable collection of, 299

interaction with the discovery web service, 296

revising, 101-2

in Task Worker creation process, 167-71

ClientProcess Login( ) method, 383

ClientProcess object, 131, 383-84

ClientProcess Singleton, 383

ClientProcess.AcceptFile( ) method, 103

ClientProcess.GetUsers( ) method, 90

ClientProcess.Login( ) method, 321

ClientProcess.MessageReceived event, 384

ClientProcess.ReceiveMessage( ) method, 85, 108

ClientProcess.SendMessage( ) method, 90

clients

in basic remoting example, 53-55, 63-64

cleaning up after, 95-97

tracking, 80-81

client-server computing

birth of, 4

and Internet, 13-14

Clone( ) method, 130

CLR (common language runtime), 35, 39, 45, 113-14

clustering. See distributed computing

collection access. See coordination servers, threading

collection classes, 42

COM callable wrappers (CCW), 347

Common Language Runtime check box, 143

common language runtime (CLR), 35, 39, 45, 113-14. See CLR (common language runtime)

Component class, 165-66

component hosts, 45-46, 50-52

Computer Management utility, 140, 141, 142, 389

computers, increased power of, 15

concurrency errors, 114

concurrent requests. See coordination servers, threading

Config subdirectory, 373

ConfigFileName string, 45

configurable sandbox, 180-84

configuration files, Remoting, 47-49, 62

ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings collection, 89

configuring

FileSwapper application, 258-59

Remoting, 64-69

dynamic registration, 67-69

formatters and channels, 65-67

overview, 64-65

ConfirmationCallback value, 61

consistency, lack of, 23

Console object, 49, 50

containers, ADO .NET, 42

content descriptors, 224

content-description language, 12, 18

ContextMenu control, 165

continuous polling, 36

Control class, 132

Control.Invoke( ) method, 253, 259, 262, 340

coordination servers, 28, 77-82. See also messengers, building; Remoting

overview, 77-79

sending messages, 81-82

tracking clients, 80-81

coordination servers, threading, 113-45

deadlocks, 126-27

dealing with client requests, 131-34

delivery service, 118-26

message delivery with, 121-23

overview, 118-20

using, 123-26

overview, 113

refining Talk .NET, 134-44

client lifetime, 134-36

duplicate users, 136-37

using Windows service, 138-44

synchronizing collection access, 115-18

thread starvation, 126-27

threading essentials, 113-14

ThreadPool class, 127-31

cost benefits of peer-to-peer, 11-12

CreateNew property, 298

CreateSession( ) method, 291

CreateSession stored procedure, 288, 289

critical sections, 115

cryptography, 308-13. See also digital signatures; encryption

CryptoStream object, 331-33