Unix domain socket support should be both AF_UNIX and AF_LOCAL

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    • Type: Improvement
    • Resolution: Duplicate
    • Priority: Major - P3
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    • Affects Version/s: 2.7.0
    • Component/s: Security
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      Currently the localhost exception does not apply to the Unix domain socket (tested on OSX) as incoming requests show as AF_LOCAL.

      According to man unix 7, AF_LOCAL and AF_UNIX are mutually compatible.

      http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/unix.7.html

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            David Hows (Inactive)
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            David Hows (Inactive)
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