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UnixDomainSocketEndPoint Requirements on Windows Not Documented

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Description

To use `UnixDomainSocketEndPoint` on Windows, the socket must be created with:

- AddressFamily.Unix
- SocketType.Stream
- ProtocolType.Unspecified

This isn't documented. Additionally, limitations of Unix domain sockets on Windows are also not documented (for example, you cannot have SOCK_DGRAM sockets on Windows (see https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/issues/24065)

Would it be possible to update the UnixDomainSocketEndPoint documentation to list these requirements and limitations for Windows?

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