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POASP.NET as server app - questions before I'm getting into it
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copied!<p>Earlier on I've implemented a custom C++ server from scratch, something which is nice and fun to do but is very time-consuming.</p> <p>So I've heard about "servlet" of Java which sounds like something I'm looking for for my next project.</p> <p>I'm looking at ASP.NET to be used as a servlet because it's pretty much mature in terms of networking capabilities and programming features and I can write code for it in C# which is a language I already know and feels good with.</p> <p>Anyway before getting into it I'd like to get concise answers regarding some of the capabilities that ASP.NET may provide me with.<br> My client application is Flash-based and has nothing to do with XML or HTTP protocols (raw sockets).</p> <p><strong>1) Can I accept raw</strong> (in terms of protocol) <strong>socket connections</strong> and <strong>keep them alive</strong> as long as needed?<br> <strong>2)</strong> How hard/complicated is it to <strong>apply AES encryption</strong> over a connected socket?<br> <strong>3)</strong> Can I have a <strong>"shared", in-memory, objects</strong>, like lists, <strong>over the application's instance</strong>?<br> <strong>4)</strong> Can I get one message from client X and send a copy/reply/report (on the fly) to client Y, without using a database or anything like that? This question suggests question #5.<br> <strong>5)</strong> Can I identify a connection by its memory address or object address, so I can refer to it directly?<br> <strong>6)</strong> Can my application be distributed over several servers?<br> <strong>7)</strong> How hard/complicated is it to <strong>scale such an application</strong>? For 10 concurrent connections there's no problem but for 50,000 I can surely expect load issues.<br> <strong>8)</strong> Finally, the most important question which probably has the most complex answer: <strong>How flexible is the environment from a programmer perspective?</strong> I mean, can I control events such as "on_connect", "on_disconnect" and stuff like that? How hard would it be to <strong>access connection Y from connection X's event (such as "on_data_received")?</strong></p>

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