Talk:Unix domain socket

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      The PF_UNIX (also known as PF_LOCAL) socket family is used to communi-
      cate  between  processes on the same machine efficiently. Unix sockets
      can be either anonymous (created by socketpair(2)) or associated  with
      a  file  of  type  socket.   Linux also supports an abstract namespace
      which is independent of the file system.

      Valid  types  are  SOCK_STREAM  for  a  stream  oriented  socket   and
      SOCK_DGRAM  for  a  datagram  oriented  socket  that preserves message
      boundaries. Unix sockets are always reliable and donât  reorder  data-
      grams.

      Unix  sockets  support passing file descriptors or process credentials
      to other processes using ancillary data.

Why do the external links point to copies of the Linux documentation on an ad-covered page, rather than the authoritative source? --David Chisnall (talk) 18:35, 19 November 2007 (UTC)