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

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

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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