Brief description of the product

POSIX offers the socket and XTI functions according to the X/Open Group specification for UNIX95 branding. The socket and XTI programming provides a number of options for developing communication applications.

• The socket interface (SOCKETS) is an interface for network programming within the POSIX subsystem. It can be used to develop communication applications based on the TCP/IP protocols.

• The X/Open Transport Interface (XTI) is the standard defined by X/Open for a number of programming interfaces which make it possible for an application to access the network levels.

• RFC 2553 for socket applications.