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Is this the same as gnunet transport IPC?

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Description

@lgierth pointed out that gnunet has IPC transports using a similar mechanism.

It would be great to not reinvent the wheel if possible. Let's look into that and see if it satisfies our constraints and we can avoid having another thing.

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Start by reviewing GNUnet's IPC transport mechanism and comparing it with the constraints for XTP. Done means determining whether it satisfies those constraints and documenting whether XTP can reuse it or needs a separate mechanism.

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networking
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