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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Routing Sockets","articleBody":"Routing sockets are used for the kernel's routing tables to be read and altered (BSD). On the other hand, Netlink is a socket family used for inter-process communication (IPC) between both the kernel and userspace processes, and between different userspace processes. They also provide the functionality to alter the kernel's routing tables; initially designed to be a successor to the `ioctl` approach.\r\n\r\nTL;DR: Routing sockets are specifically made for altering routing tables where as Netlink sockets serves different purposes.\r\n\r\n## Unresolved Questions\r\nWhich one of the API's would be better to implement? Could we improve the existing approach, if so, how? \r\n\r\n## Sources\r\n* Netlink: https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/rtnetlink.7.html\r\n* Routing Sockets (BSD): https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=route\u0026sektion=4\u0026manpath=netbsd","author":{"url":"https://github.com/Andy-Python-Programmer","@type":"Person","name":"Andy-Python-Programmer"},"datePublished":"2023-03-04T03:21:08.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":2},"url":"https://github.com/95/aero/issues/95"}