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The SocketTools Library Edition includes standard Windows
dynamic link libraries (DLLs) which can be used in a wide variety
of programming languages such as Visual C++, Visual C#, Visual
Basic and Delphi. The Library Edition is ideal for the developer
who requires the high performance, minimum resource utilization and
flexibility of a lower level interface, without the inherent
overhead of ActiveX components or the .NET Framework. The
SocketTools Library Edition API has over 950 functions which can be
used to develop applications that meet a wide range of needs.
SocketTools covers it all, including uploading and downloading
files, sending and retrieving email, remote command execution,
terminal emulation, and much more.
The SocketTools Secure Library Edition also includes support for
the industry standard Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), Transport
Security Layer (TLS) and Secure Shell (SSH) protocols which are
used to ensure that data exchanged between the local system and a
remote host is secure and encrypted. The Secure Editions implement
the major secure protocols such as HTTPS, FTPS, SFTP, SSH, SMTPS,
POP3S, IMAPS and more. Your data is protected by industrial
strength encryption, with full support for client certificates.
Using the popular SocketWrench API that is part of SocketTools, you
can also write your own, custom secure server applications. And
there's no need for you to understand the details of certificate
management, data encryption or how the security protocols work. All
it takes is a few lines of code to enable the security features,
and SocketTools handles the rest.
The following are just some of the features in the SocketTools
6.0 Library Edition:
- Standard Windows dynamic link libraries (DLLs) with minimal
overhead
- Low resource utilization and no external dependencies on
third-party libraries
- A comprehensive API with 19 libraries and over 950
functions
- Fully compatible with the Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008
operating systems
- Fully compatible with Visual Studio .NET 2003, Visual Studio
2005 and Visual Studio 2008
- Includes both high level and lower level interfaces for maximum
flexibility
- Support for both synchronous and asynchronous network
connections
- Thread-safe implementation with full support for multithreaded
applications
- Support for proxy servers, including secure proxies, using FTP
and HTTP
- An extensive Developer's Guide and online Technical
Reference
- A professional technical support staff and extensive online
support resources
- No runtime licensing fees or additional royalties
- A trusted company with over 10 years experience developing
Internet components
In addition, the SocketTools 6.0 Secure Library Edition
offers:
- Support for the standard SSL and TLS security protocols with
128-bit encryption
- Support for the SSH protocol and integrated support for SFTP as
part of the FTP API
- Enhanced features specific to the Vista platform, such as
support for AES encryption
- The ability to enable security features with just a few lines
of code
- Support for both implicit and explicit SSL and TLS
connections
- Create both secure client and server applications
- Support for client certificates when required by the remote
host
- Support for using certificate files as well as using the
Windows certificate store
- No dependencies on external, third party security
libraries
Developer's
Guide
To help you get started using SocketTools, the new Developer's
Guide covers a variety of programming topics related to
SocketTools, as well an overview of each of the libraries included
in the product. Even if you have experience working with previous
versions of SocketTools, we recommend that you review the
Developer's Guide. If you are using a language other than Visual
C++, you'll also find some very helpful information about how to
make the most of SocketTools in other programming languages such as
C#, Visual Basic and Delphi.
Technical Reference
The Technical Reference provides extensive documentation on all of
the functions in each of the SocketTools libraries. It's here that
you'll find information on how a function should be called, what
the arguments are and what options are available. If it is your
first time using a particular library, we recommend that you first
read the overview of that library in the Developer's Guide.
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