Winsock and Hacking

[Nucleus]

Using winsock control and listening for attempted connections... Does this open up the server for hacking attacks?

[JoshT]

Yep. You're opening up ports, and you can send any data you want to those ports.

[Nucleus]

Hmmmm thought so. Is this true even though my app is controlling the flow of data through the port i.e even if a hacker tries to send stuff through that port, wont my application make any hacking attacks fail?

[JoshT]

It all depends on how well your application is written, and, at a lower level, how well Winsock was written.

[Nucleus]

ok, thanks Josh.