Can a Firefox add-in listen on a UNIX socket?

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Can a Firefox add-in listen on a UNIX socket?

I know how to listen on a dedicated port using nsISocketTransportService in Add-on sdk. But is it possible to use the UNIX socket in the Add-on SDK to communicate with other applications.

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Mmh 18 sept. '14 at 10:09

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