4 ms·unix domain sockets are designed to be used entirely locally.by syrrim 4y agounix domain sockets are designed to be used entirely locally.drpixie 4y agoand files are one-way sockets. They lied when they said "everything is a file", but it's almost true that (for Posix) "everything is a handle."pjmlp 4y agoWin32 is POSIX! => "everything is a handle."