[KingDeath360]

alternative to sockets, networking library
I haven't seen any posts regarding this except for nanocore.
When i was looking into pipes it led me to Net.Remoting and it turns out that is "not recommended " so i was browsing the web and saw this source code and might as well post it on hf
instead of having to split you data with the first byte as the id this will handle all that stuff
This is an example and its not user friendly so you will have a hard time leaching it.

example uses are:
[+]Chat system
[+]Plugin System
[+]RAT

Ok so heres how to use it
\\127.0.0.1\pipe\generalstuffPipe1
127.0.0.1 ip address or just one dot for the same computer
generalstuffPipe1 pipename

Code

Here is a typical loop back file transfer on our test system:

TCP/IP Transfer time: 2.5 Seconds
Named Pipes Transfer time: 3.1 Seconds

Now, if you go outside the machine and connect to a remote computer on your network the performance for named pipes is much worse:

TCP/IP Transfer time: 12 Seconds
Named Pipes Transfer time: 2.5 Minutes (Yes Minutes!)

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10872...alhost-ipc

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[Hex Hooves]

What the hell are you even talking about.

[+]i think you know this one

I don't actually know what you are referring to.

Ok so heres how to use it
\\127.0.0.1\pipe\generalstuffPipe1
127.0.0.1 ip address or just one dot for the same computer
generalstuffPipe1 pipename

What kind of example is this? There is zero context.

[GenericSkid]

What kind of example is this? There is zero context.

Here's some context!

Code

Public Class Form1
    Dim WithEvents server As New NamedPipes.PipeListener("generalstuffPipe1", 1024)
    Dim CID As Integer
    Dim SID As Integer
    Private mServerClients As New List(Of IO.Stream)
    Private myClients As New List(Of NamedPipes.PipeClient)
    Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load

    End Sub

    Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
      Try
      server.StopListenning()
      WriteLine("Server stopped listenning - client connections are still valid")
      Catch ex As Exception
      WriteLine(ex.Message)
      End Try
    End Sub

    Private Sub P_ClientConnected(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As NamedPipes.ClientConnectedEventArgs) Handles server.ClientConnected
      Dim Handler As New iHandleClient(AddressOf HandleClient)
      Handler.BeginInvoke(e.ClientStream, Nothing, Nothing)
    End Sub
    Private Delegate Sub iWriteLine(ByVal line As String)
    Private Sub WriteLine(ByVal line As String)
      Me.ListBox1.Items.Add(line)
    End Sub
    Private Delegate Sub iHandleClient(ByVal ClientStream As IO.Stream)
    Private Sub HandleClient(ByVal ClientStream As IO.Stream)
      Dim myID As Integer = SID
      SID += 1
      Dim WL As New iWriteLine(AddressOf WriteLine)
      Dim BytesRead As Integer
      Dim Buffer(1023) As Byte
      mServerClients.Add(ClientStream)
      Me.BeginInvoke(WL, "Server thread " & myID & ": Start")
      While True
      Do
            BytesRead = ClientStream.Read(Buffer, 0, Buffer.Length)
            If BytesRead <> 0 Then
            Dim incommingMessage As String = System.Text.Encoding.Unicode.GetString(Buffer, 0, BytesRead)
            Me.BeginInvoke(WL, "Client -> Server " & myID & ": " & incommingMessage)
            Dim outBuffer As Byte() = System.Text.Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes("Response to [" & incommingMessage & "]")
            ClientStream.Write(outBuffer, 0, outBuffer.Length)
            Erase outBuffer
            End If
      Loop Until BytesRead = 0
      End While

      '  mServerClients.Remove(ClientStream)
      '  ClientStream.Close()
      ' Me.BeginInvoke(WL, "Server thread " & myID & ": Stop")
    End Sub
    Private Sub Button2_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button2.Click
      Dim D As New iStartClient(AddressOf StartClient)
      D.BeginInvoke(Nothing, Nothing)
    End Sub
    Private Delegate Sub iStartClient()
    Sub StartClient()
      Dim myID As Integer = CID
      CID += 1
      Dim C As New NamedPipes.PipeClient("\\.\pipe\generalstuffPipe1")
      Dim WL As New iWriteLine(AddressOf WriteLine)
      Dim Hail As Byte() = System.Text.Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes("Hello from client " & myID)
      C.TimeOut = 1000
      Try
      C.Connect()
      Me.BeginInvoke(WL, "Client " & myID & ": Connected")
      Catch ex As Exception
      Me.BeginInvoke(WL, "Client " & myID & ": " & ex.Message)
      Exit Sub
      End Try
      myClients.Add(C)
      Dim Buffer(1023) As Byte
      Dim BytesRead As Integer
      Dim ClientStream As IO.Stream = C.ClientStream
      ClientStream.Write(Hail, 0, Hail.Length)
      Do
      BytesRead = ClientStream.Read(Buffer, 0, Buffer.Length)
      If BytesRead <> 0 Then
            Dim incommingMessage As String = System.Text.Encoding.Unicode.GetString(Buffer, 0, BytesRead)
            Me.BeginInvoke(WL, "Server -> Client " & myID & ": " & incommingMessage)
      End If
      Loop Until BytesRead = 0
      '  C.Close()
      '    myClients.Remove(C)
      '  Me.BeginInvoke(WL, "Client " & myID & ": Stop")
    End Sub

    Private Sub Button3_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button3.Click
      Try
      server.StartListenning()
      WriteLine("Server started listenning")
      Catch ex As Exception
      WriteLine(ex.Message)
      End Try
    End Sub

    Private Sub Button4_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button4.Click
      Dim outBuffer As Byte() = System.Text.Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(TextBox1.Text)
      For Each client As IO.Stream In mServerClients
      client.Write(outBuffer, 0, outBuffer.Length)
      client.Flush()
      Next
      Erase outBuffer
    End Sub

    Private Sub Button5_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button5.Click
      For Each client As IO.Stream In mServerClients
      client.Close()
      Next
    End Sub

    Private Sub Button6_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button6.Click
      For Each client As NamedPipes.PipeClient In myClients
      client.Close()
      Next
    End Sub
End Class

Just C/P'd from the linked zip file.

[ubbelol]

I haven't seen any posts regarding this except for nanocore.

I don't think nanocore uses named pipes? From what I know it's all sockets. Also, keep in mind using pipes instead of a TCP/IP socket will most likely negatively impact performance as they're created for different purposes.