Hi,
Joshua Juran wrote:
On Apr 1, 2005, at 4:37 AM, alok wrote:
Can someone exactly explain why one cannot typecast a bio( ) to a UNIX domain socket/IPC/fd?
I'll give this a shot.
Unix allows you to read() to and write() from stream-like objects such as files, pipes, character devices, and various kinds of sockets polymorphically because these are all maintained by the kernel. OpenSSL objects are all user-level, so you can't pass them to kernel calls.
You can always create a back to back unix socket and write from one to the other (fork() if u need a child etc/or a thread if u like)
It is still easier to use in most scenarios (and would reduce Eric Rescolla's tutorial size :) )
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