I have a client application that communicates with a server application on Windows. I am wondering if there is a way I can monitor what data is communicated back and forth between the client and ...

I was working out/thinking about using a simple UDP protocol to send messages between 2 apps, and i started thinking about "what if" disconnection scenarios, and knowing if messages made their way ...

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