Can we *listen* a TCP port, say 8080, in the "client" side with IE?

[arivero]

The goal: to run a web service in a Internet Explorer page. Can it be
done?

The only way I see is to have a VBScript able to import the functions
from System.Net.Sockets.TcpListener. Is it possible? examples? Do the
user needs to have some or all of the .NET framework installed?

Thanks

Alejandro