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 Among the new features in the runtime and IDE, the .NET Framework networking team has been busy adding new functionality.  The core networking enhancements are:
 
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International Resource Identifier support for URIs – Finally URIs with international characters in the hostname or path are easily created and parsed with managed code.  No more ASCII-only URLs. 
 
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Socket Performance Improvements – In a joint effort between the System.Net and CLR team, socket throughput has increased by up to 70% 
 
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Easily create Peer to Peer applications in managed code with the new System.Net.PeerToPeer namespace: 
The System.Net.PeerToPeer namespace is built on the Windows Vista P2P platform.
 
  
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