1. Socket Questions
1.1 Should I use ServerSocket or DatagramSocket in my applications?2. HTTP Questions
1.2 How do I get the IP address of a machine from its hostname?
1.3 How do I perform a hostname lookup for an IP address?
1.4 How can I find out who is accessing my server?
1.5 How can I find out the current IP address for my machine?
1.6 Why can't my applet connect via sockets, or bind to a local port?
1.7 What are socket options, and why should I use them?
1.8 When my client connects to my server, why does no data come out?
1.9 What is the cause of a NoRouteToHost exception?
2.1 How do I display a particular web page from an applet?
2.2 How do I display more than one page from an applet?
2.3 How can I fetch files using HTTP?
2.4 How do I use a proxy server for HTTP requests?
2.5 What is a malformed URL, and why is it exceptional?
2.6 How do I URL encode the parameters of a CGI script?
2.7 Why is a security exception thrown when using java.net.URL or
java.net.URLConnection from an applet?
2.8 How do I prevent caching of HTTP requests?
Advanced programming questions
3. Advanced networking concepts3.1 How do I handle timeouts in my networking applications?4. Remote method invocation
3.2 How do I control the amount of time a socket will linger before resetting?
3.3 What does the java.net.Socket.setTcpNoDelay method do, and what is Nagle's algorithm?
3.4 How do I implement a (FTP/HTTP/Telnet/Finger/SMTP/POP/IMAP/..../) client/server?
3.5 How do I implement PING in Java?
3.6 How can I send/receive email from Java?
4.1 What is remote method invocation?5. Common Object Request Broker Architecture
4.2 When should I use remote method invocation?
4.3 Why can't I access RMI from C++?
4.4 Why won't my RMI implementation compile under JDK1.1?
4.5 Why won't my RMI implementation run under Java 2?
5.1 What is CORBA?6. Servlets
5.2 When should I use CORBA?
5.3 What support does Java have for CORBA?
5.4 How do I start the CORBA nameservice for Java 2?
6.1 What are Java Servlets?
6.2 What do I need to develop servlets?
6.3 Where can I get more information on servlets?
6.4 How does servlet performance compare to applets?
6.5 How does servlet performance compare to CGI?
6.6 Should I use single-threaded, or multi-threaded, servlets?
6.7 How do I send cookies from a servlet?
6.8 How do I read browser cookies from a servlet?
6.9 How do I make cookies expire after a set time period?
6.10 Why aren't cookies stored by my servlets accessible to my CGI scripts or ASP pages?
6.11 How can I void a cookie, and delete it from the browser?
