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Old 02-01-2008
ennstate ennstate is offline
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I remember that AF stands for Address Family and PF stands for Protocol Family.

Also INET stands for INTERNET

The "Richard Stevens" Unix Network Programming book throws more light on that.

Thanks
Nagarajan G
Last edited by ennstate; 02-01-2008 at 01:28 AM. Reason: Answered INET question
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