Overview of WSK In Windows Vista a new transport-independent kernel mode Network Programming Interface (NPI) called Winsock Kernel (WSK) has been added. Using WSK, kernel-mode software modules can perform network communication using socket-like...

As you might have heard, Vista introduces User Account Control (UAC) which is a security feature that enables users to perform some tasks as non-Administrators. This has an effect on LSP writers as the Winsock functions to install and remove LSP entries...

In Windows Vista there is a new method for categorizing both Winsock Layered Service Providers (LSP) and applications themselves such that only certain LSPs will be loaded. There are a couple reasons for adding this functionality. One of the main reasons...