Unix Domain Sockets vs. Internet Sockets
A very clear and comprehensive discussion of the differences, advantages and disadvantages of Unix domain sockets vs. the network sockets used with TCP/IP, UDP, etc., can be found in a post on a FreeBSD mailing list:
- unix domain sockets vs. internet sockets
https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-performance/2005-February/001143.html
— Martin Burnicki martin.burnicki@burnicki.net 2018-02-13