I'm trying to implement zeromq security for the first time and WITHOUT using CZMQ. Reading through http://hintjens.com/blog:49 & ZAP protocol info http://rfc.zeromq.org/spec:27 & code at zeromq-4.0.4\tests\tests_security_curve.cpp . I have a question and hope someone might be able to enlighten me....
At http://hintjens.com/blog:49 ; 'Internally, the authenticator talks to libzmq across <http://rfc.zeromq.org/spec:27> a protocol called ZAP, aka RFC 27. Every single time a client tries to connect to a server, libzmq asks the ZAP handler (the authenticator), if there is one installed, to allow or deny the connection.' In zeromq-4.0.4\tests\tests_security_curve.cpp ; // Spawn ZAP handler // We create and bind ZAP socket in main thread to avoid case // where child thread does not start up fast enough. void *handler = zmq_socket (ctx, ZMQ_REP); assert (handler); rc = zmq_bind (handler, "inproc://zeromq.zap.01"); assert (rc == 0); void *zap_thread = zmq_threadstart (&zap_handler, handler); Question is; I see that the zap_handler is provided with the pointer to the REP socket bound to "inproc://zeromq.zap.01" however I don't understand how libzmq is made aware to direct authentication requests to the particular handler socket. I don't see any further references in the code to "inproc://zeromq.zap.01"? How does libzmq know where to send the authentication requests? One other thing; is there any api documentation for zmq_threadstart & zmq_threadclose? Thanks, Riskybiz.
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