Okay, so I am trying to write a socket server that would ideally handle thousands of connections with one server and many pairs of clients. Basically I want one client to send information to the socket server and the socket server will return the information that it received from the client to the other client that is in the listening state. The client pair will have the same authentication information. The server should be able to handle multiple pairs. I am open to hear of any recommendations as far as server patterns as well as language recommendations. If my explanation sounds confusing, think of a instant messaging program such as AIM. I would want one user to to send a message to aim, and another user to receive it. That is the general idea.