>>>can anyone help me out with some instruction with sending a character string thru tcp/ip to a windows port 2000 that is currently waiting. i have never done anything like this before.
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>>>thanks!!
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>>You can download my Winsock example from http://members.bellatlantic.net/~lmiller3/downloads/winsock_test.zip. It has a "client" and "server" piece. It sounds like you will only need the client piece.
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>Just curious but how secure is what he is trying to do? He has an open port "listening" for input. TIA.

Hey Mark,
When you are talking about using the IP layer, you aren't talking about security at all. There is none. It is simply the transport layer. Once you get connected, you can do what you want with encryption (Crypto API), embedded passwords, etc.

And if all this takes place behind a firewall on an Intranet, there isn't any need for security, IMO.