Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 14:53:06 -0700 From: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org> To: Matt Dillon <dillon@earth.backplane.com> Cc: Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@orthanc.ab.ca>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: telnet to AF_UNIX sockets [PATCH] Message-ID: <20010524215306.D9665380C@overcee.netplex.com.au> In-Reply-To: <200105242104.f4OL4K432062@earth.backplane.com>
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Matt Dillon wrote: > : Matt> But unix-domain sockets are > : Matt> extremely useful in all manner of applications > : > :They're also anywhere from 10-400% faster than PF_INET for connections > :to the localhost (it varies a lot between different UNIX > :implementations). > : > :--lyndon > > What, you don't think we should be doing the TCP protocol over a > localhost socket? :-) :-o :-) ;-o. Damn right. :-) Linux doesn't seem to (for what that's worth). Cheers, -Peter -- Peter Wemm - peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com; peter@netplex.com.au "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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