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What's in a socket?

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Description

Apologies for the uh, vague issue, but not sure of a better way to do this. We want fairly open-ended discussion about what a socket is. A starting point might be to look at how different existing systems handle sockets - say, BSD vs microkernels, and how that affects things like socket options. Or indeed existing sandboxing attempts.

Personally we don't have any resources on hand about this stuff but opening an issue is a good way to get poked about looking into it. :v

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Research direction

Start by comparing how existing systems handle sockets, especially BSD and microkernels, and review existing sandboxing attempts. The discussion should establish what a socket means for WASI and how that affects socket options; no specific file or test is named.

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Assessment

Tech stack
wasm
Domain
networking, operating-systems
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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