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What this Node module offers is not raw sockets - let's not spread misinformation. ;)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raw_socket

It does not even offer real access to a TCP socket, for example you can't set any options or flags in the TCP header of a packet. All that it provides is a way to open a socket and send / receive data. Very useful, but not a raw socket.

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I stand corrected. Smarter every day they say !

yup, the core `socket` module in Node.js is meant for that.

Wrong again - the socket module does not give you raw sockets. If you were loo lazy to read the Wikipedia link I suggest you reconsider and educate yourself on the subject.

you're right, i was wrong, there is no core `socket` module (anymore?). but you were not right either.

node core can only tell if a file is a socket, but not read from it, at least that's what the docs say.

for people interested in this: https://github.com/santigimeno/node-unix-stream

Wrong again. What I said was that there was no native module in Node that would give you _raw socket_ access. And there isn't. Period. The thing you linked to doesn't either. Jeez ... :(

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