Richard_D_Levine@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes: > Hi John, > > Unix sockets are a presentation layer interface to TCP/IP. You're not > avoiding it by using them. That's not true. Unix sockets are fundamentally different and do not use TCP/IP at all. They have their own namespace (in the Unix filesystem) and go through their own delivery path in the kernel, not through the TCP/IP stack, so they're often faster. But, they only work on a single machine. :) -Doug ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly