X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4B44BB7A.5040003@cygwin.com> Date: Wed, 06 Jan 2010 11:34:02 -0500 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090320 Remi/2.0.0.21-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.21 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Cygwin and raw sockets - Windows XP with SP2 , Vista and later References: <53b627ea1001060651u9dc16ddqbc3a38c7fb3f453c@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <53b627ea1001060651u9dc16ddqbc3a38c7fb3f453c@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On 01/06/2010 09:51 AM, Karthik Balaguru wrote: > I got the below info from > http://www.cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/highlights.html#ov-hi-sockets - > 'Socket-related calls in Cygwin basically call the functions by the > same name in Winsock, Microsoft's implementation of Berkeley sockets, > but with lots of tweaks.' > But, It does not clearly convey whether cygwin uses Microsoft's > winsock . Does cygwin use winsock ? > If cygwin uses winsock, then i think the raw socket usage restrictions > applied for further releases from 'Windows XP with SP2' is applicable > for cygwin also.:-( Cygwin does not provide its own implementation for sockets. It uses Winsock V2 so basic restrictions imposed by Winsock will constrain Cygwin as well. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple