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+# IPC Transport
+
+## DESCRIPTION
+
+The {{i:*ipc* transport}}{{hi:*ipc*}} provides communication support between
+sockets within different processes on the same host.
+For POSIX platforms, this is implemented using {{i:UNIX domain sockets}}.
+For Windows, this is implemented using Windows {{i:named pipes}}.
+Other platforms may have different implementation strategies.
+
+### URI Formats
+
+#### Traditional Names
+
+This transport uses URIs using the scheme {{i:`ipc://`}}, followed by a path
+name in the file system where the socket or named pipe should be created.
+
+> [!TIP]
+> On Windows, all names are prefixed by `\\.\pipe\` and do not
+> reside in the normal file system.
+> On POSIX platforms, the path is taken literally, and is relative to
+> the current directory, unless it begins with `/`, in which case it is
+> relative to the root directory.
+
+> [!NOTE]
+> When using relative paths on POSIX systems, the address used and returned
+> in properties like `NNG_OPT_LOCADDR` and `NNG_OPT_URL` will also be relative.
+> Consequently, they will only be interpreted the same by processes that have
+> the same working directory.
+> To ensure maximum portability and safety, absolute paths are recommended
+> whenever possible.
+
+> [!NOTE]
+> If compatibility with legacy _nanomsg_ applications is required,
+> then path names must not be longer than 122 bytes, including the final
+> `NUL` byte.
+> This is because legacy versions of _nanomsg_ cannot express URLs
+> longer than 128 bytes, including the `ipc://` prefix.
+
+#### UNIX Aliases
+
+The {{i:`unix://`}} scheme is an alias for `ipc://` and can be used inter-changeably, but only on POSIX systems.[^1]
+
+[^1]:
+    The purpose of this scheme is to support a future transport making use of {{i:`AF_UNIX`}}
+    on Windows systems, at which time it will be necessary to discriminate between
+    the Named Pipes and the `AF_UNIX` based transports.
+
+#### Abstract Names
+
+On Linux, this transport also can support {{i:abstract sockets}}.
+Abstract sockets use a URI-encoded name after the {{i:`abstract://`}} scheme, which allows arbitrary values to be conveyed
+in the path, including embedded `NUL` bytes.
+For example, the name `"a\0b"` would be represented as `abstract://a%00b`.
+
+> [!TIP]
+> An empty name may be used with a listener to request "auto bind" be used to select a name.
+> In this case the system will allocate a free name.
+> The name assigned may be retrieved using [{{i:`NNG_OPT_LOCADDR`}}][NNG_OPT_LOCADDR].
+
+Abstract names do not include the leading `NUL` byte used in the low-level socket address.
+
+Abstract sockets do not have any representation in the file system, and are automatically freed by
+the system when no longer in use.
+
+Abstract sockets ignore socket permissions, but it is still possible to determine the credentials
+of the peer with [{{i:`NNG_OPT_PEER_UID`}}][NNG_OPT_PEER_UID], and similar options.[^2]
+
+[^2]:
+    This property makes it important that names be chosen randomly to
+    prevent unauthorized access, or that checks against the peer credentials
+    are made, or ideally, both.
+
+### Socket Address
+
+When using an [`nng_sockaddr`][sockaddr] structure,
+the actual structure is of type [`nng_sockaddr_ipc`][sockaddr_ipc],
+except for abstract sockets, which use [`nng_sockaddr_abstract`][sockaddr_abstract].
+
+### Transport Options
+
+The following transport options are supported by this transport,
+where supported by the underlying platform.
+
+- [`NNG_OPT_IPC_PERMISSIONS`][NNG_OPT_IPC_PERMISSIONS]
+- [`NNG_OPT_IPC_SECURITY_DESCRIPTOR`][NNG_OPT_IPC_SECURITY_DESCRIPTOR]
+- [`NNG_OPT_LOCADDR`][NNG_OPT_LOCADDR]
+- [`NNG_OPT_REMADDR`][NNG_OPT_REMADDR]
+- [`NNG_OPT_PEER_GID`][NNG_OPT_PEER_GID]
+- [`NNG_OPT_PEER_PID`][NNG_OPT_PEER_PID]
+- [`NNG_OPT_PEER_UID`][NNG_OPT_PEER_UID]
+- [`NNG_OPT_PEER_ZONEID`][NNG_OPT_PEER_ZONEID]
+- [`NNG_OPT_URL`][NNG_OPT_URL]
+
+{{#include ../refs.md}}