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Discover how to bypass the network stack for Host-to-VM communication using Linux Virtual Sockets (AF_VSOCK). This article details how to use these sockets to build a high-performance gRPC service in C++ that communicates directly over the hypervisor bus, avoiding TCP/IP overhead entirely.
December 4, 2025
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