Re: [Pound Mailing List] Backends over Unix domain socket

On Mon, 2006-05-15 at 15:03 -0700, Cliff Wells wrote:
> Hi, 
> 
> It doesn't appear possible now, but is there some technical limitation
> that would prevent pound from connecting to backends over a local domain
> socket rather than a TCP port (provided pound and backend reside on same
> system, of course)?  There would seem to be some benefits to do doing so
> (correct me if I'm wrong on any or all): 
> 
> 1) performance
> 2) reduced resource consumption (in terms of ports)
> 3) simplified permissions (file permissions to restrict access vs using
> something like selinux to secure ports)
> 
> If this idea isn't out in left field, where would I make a feature
> request?

There is no serious technical limitation - a Unix domain socket supports
pretty much the same operations as an IP socket. The real question is
what would it be used for: which web servers do you know of that support
Unix domain sockets?
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Robert Segall
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