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Re: Cygwin and raw sockets - Windows XP with SP2 , Vista and later


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.

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