Using SslStream with IOCP

Question

I have written a TCP server using the Socket class\'s asynchronous/IOCP methods, BeginSend()/BeginRead()/etc. I would like to add SSL capability using SslStream, but from the i

Answer 1

Wrap your Socket in a NetworkStream to use it with an SslStream.

Socket socket;
...
using (var networkStream = new NetworkStream(socket, true))
using (var sslStream = new SslStream(networkStream, ...))
{
   // use sslStream.BeginRead/BeginWrite here
}

Streams expose BeginRead/BeginWrite methods as well, so you don't loose this aspect.