Chapter 3 : Linux Sockets Table

Application	Family	Type	Protocol	Structure	APIs
TCP IPv4 Server	AF_INET	SOCK_STREAM	IPPROTO_TCP	sockaddr_in
TCP IPv4 Client	AF_INET	SOCK_STREAM	IPPROTO_TCP	sockaddr_in
UDP IPv4 Server	AF_INET	SOCK_DGRAM	IPPROTO_UDP	sockaddr_in
UDP IPv4 Client	AF_INET	SOCK_DGRAM	IPPROTO_UDP	sockaddr_in
TCP IPv6 Server	AF_INET6	SOCK_STREAM	IPPROTO_TCP	sockaddr_in6
TCP IPv6 Client	AF_INET6	SOCK_STREAM	IPPROTO_TCP	sockaddr_in6
UDP IPv6 Server	AF_INET6	SOCK_DGRAM	IPPROTO_UDP	sockaddr_in6
UDP IPv6 Client	AF_INET6	SOCK_DGRAM	IPPROTO_UDP	sockaddr_in6
Raw TCP IPv4 Server	AF_INET	SOCK_RAW	IPPROTO_TCP	sockaddr_in
Raw TCP IPv4 Client	AF_INET	SOCK_RAW	IPPROTO_TCP	sockaddr_in
Raw UDP IPv4 Server	AF_INET	SOCK_RAW	IPPROTO_UDP	sockaddr_in
Raw UDP IPv4 Client	AF_INET	SOCK_RAW	IPPROTO_UDP	sockaddr_in
Raw TCP IPv6 Server	AF_INET6	SOCK_RAW	IPPROTO_TCP	sockaddr_in6
Raw TCP IPv6 Client	AF_INET6	SOCK_RAW	IPPROTO_TCP	sockaddr_in6
Raw UDP IPv6 Server	AF_INET6	SOCK_RAW	IPPROTO_UDP	sockaddr_in6
Raw UDP IPv6 Client	AF_INET6	SOCK_RAW	IPPROTO_UDP	sockaddr_in6
x	AF_INET	SOCK_RAW	IPPROTO_RAW
x	AF_INET6	SOCK_RAW	IPPROTO_RAW
Unix Domain Server	AF_UNIX	SOCK_STREAM	0	sockaddr_un
Unix Domain Client	AF_UNIX	SOCK_STREAM	0	sockaddr_un
x	PF_UNIX	SOCK_DGRAM	0	sockaddr_un
x	AF_ALG	SOCK_SEQPACKET	0	sockaddr_alg
x	PF_ROUTE	SOCK_RAW	0
x	PF_PACKET	SOCK_DGRAM	0	sockaddr_ll
x	PF_PACKET	SOCK_DGRAM	htons(ETH_P_PAE)	sockaddr_ll
x	PF_PACKET	SOCK_RAW	htons(ETH_P_PAE)	sockaddr_ll
x	PF_PACKET	SOCK_RAW	htons(ETH_P_ALL)	sockaddr_ll
iwevent	PF_NETLINK	SOCK_RAW	NETLINK_ROUTE	sockaddr_nl
Netlink	PF_NETLINK	SOCK_RAW	NETLINK_USER	sockaddr_nl
ping
ping6
udhcpc
iw
iwconfig	AF_INET	SOCK_DGRAM	0
iwpriv	AF_INET	SOCK_DGRAM	0
iwlist	AF_INET	SOCK_DGRAM	0