Managing a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) connection established between two applications includes providing a TCP/IP (Internet Protocol) kernel adapted to: store establishment information of the TCP connection and an established value for a TCP session connectivity check with respect to the TCP connection; create a Session Connectivity Check (SCC) message according to the establishment information and established value; transmit the SCC message to a TCP/IP kernel of another party, and determine whether or not the TCP connection is operating normally according to whether an SCC response message has been received from the TCP/IP kernel of the another party.