> Also the socket library creates sockets with inheritable handles by default. Apparently there isn't a reliable way to make sockets non-inheritable because anti-virus/firewall software can interfere: > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12058911/can-tcp-socket-handles-be-set-not-inheritable
Recent versions of Windows provide an atomic flag to create a non-inheritable socket. I hope that the falg is respected even with antivirus/firewall. For older versions of Windows, I don't see what Python can do. Is it a blocker point for the PEP? Victor
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