java hijack socket possible?

Question

I suddenly find myself wondering this question, is it possible in java to hijack a socket?

say a server is listening on port 5000, would it be possible to write a java p

Answer 1

Network sockets are managed by the operating system, and the OS will not let you bind to a socket that is already in use. So yes, you would need to do some trickery on the network driver level.