Opening Sockets on localhost

[Mikey]

Also, socket behavior is generally well-understood and well-explained
elsewhere on
the net.

Don't forget, if your're using a packet sniffer and examining the
traffic you're sending to yourself you won't see anything on Windows. 
That's because on Windows if the traffic doesn't hit the NIC the
sniffers can't see it.


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