fields).
</para>
<para>
- Unix domain sockets are not available on Windows.
- On all other platforms, they are the recommended transport for
- D-Bus, either used alone or in conjunction with
- <link linkend="transports-systemd">systemd</link> or
+ They are the recommended transport for D-Bus, either used alone or in
+ conjunction with <link linkend="transports-systemd">systemd</link> or
<link linkend="transports-launchd">launchd</link> addresses.
</para>
<para>
information on situations where these transports have been used,
and alternatives to these transports.
</para>
- <para>
- Implementations of D-Bus on Windows operating systems normally
- use a nonce-tcp transport via the local loopback interface.
- This is because the
- <link linkend="transports-unix-domain-sockets">unix</link>
- transport, which would otherwise be recommended, is not
- available on these operating systems.
- </para>
<para>
On start, the server generates a random 16 byte nonce and writes it