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Address families are types of addresses for networking.

<?plugin OldStyleTable
|  ProtocolFamily     | AddressFamily      | ManPage~s | Protocol Type |   Protocols | Description
|v PF_INET            |v AF_INET           |v ip(7)    | SOCK_STREAM   |   [TCP]     |v IPv4 sockets
|                                                        SOCK_DGRAM    |   [UDP]
|v PF_INET6           |v AF_INET6          |v          | SOCK_STREAM   |   TCPv6     |v IPv6 sockets
|                                                        SOCK_DGRAM    |   UDPv6
|v PF_UNIX, PF_LOCAL  |v AF_UNIX, AF_LOCAL |v unix(7)  | SOCK_STREAM   |v^ ----      |v Unix domain sockets
|                                                        SOCK_DGRAM
|  PF_APPLETALK       | AF_APPLETALK       | ddp(7)    ||vvvvvv^ ----                | Appletalk sockets
|  PF_X25             |^ ----              | x25(7)                                  | ITU-T X.25 / ISO-8208 protocol
|  PF_IPX             |^ ----              |^ ----                                   | [IPX] -- Novell protocols
|  PF_AX25            |^ ----              |^ ----                                   | Amateur radio X.25 protocol
|  PF_ATMPVC          |^ ----              |^ ----                                   | Access to raw [ATM] [PVC]'s
|  PF_PACKET          | AF_PACKET          | packet(7)                               | Lowlevel packet interface
|  PF_NETLINK         | AF_NETLINK         | netlink(7)                              | [Kernel] user interface device
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See also:
* bind(2)
* socket(2)

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Last edited on Tuesday, October 26, 2004 4:00:17 am by AristotlePagaltzis

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