Support TCP for protocol messages - #3636

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Commits on Aug 9, 2026

Add TCP handling for Server and Client
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Add some debug messages
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Some fixes recommended by AI review
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Use separate TCP sockets for IPv4 and IPv6
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Add a channel token for use by server channels.
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Use channel token to authenticate a long TCP connection
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Add operator!= for CHostAddress for completeness
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Check that CLM_TCP_SUPPORTED for client ID comes from the connected server
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Only offer TCP mode if the listener started ok
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Handle unlikely situation where new TCP connection replaces old
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Log Error or EOF from TCP socket read
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Update docs/TCP.md to include the channel token for TCP session authentication
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Minor change to OnReadyRead()
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Empty pending hashes when opening connect dialog
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Minor updates from review
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Do not log the channel token
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Improvements from AI review
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Change "TCP supported" to "TCP offered"
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