[Opendnssec-develop] Re: Sharing PIN through POSIX message queues

[Jakob Schlyter]

POSIX message queues are not the save as SysV message queues, but I  
assume you know that (msgget() and friends are used in SySV, where  
mq_* are used in POSIX).

having said that, I propose that we use standard UNIX sockets for our  
IPC. sockets are, as you wrote as well, more well known; so is how to  
use them and how to protect them for unauthorized use.

- simple file system protection is used for access control, so the  
administrator can easily see what user(s) may access a socket.
- the IPC (socket) identifier is a standard UNIX path,instead of a pre- 
allocated numerical queue ID, thus more easy to customize.

I'm not saying SysV or POSIX message queues would not work (your  
example shows they would), but given the arguments above I say we use  
sockets. thank you for bringing up an alternative and writing example  
code - it was most useful.


	jakob