[New-bugs-announce] [issue40901] It's not clear what "interface name" means in socket if_nameindex/if_nametoindex/if_indextoname on Windows

[Jakub Stasiak]

New submission from Jakub Stasiak <jakub+python.org at stasiak.at>:

On Windows there are different names for the same interface in different contexts.

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components: Library (Lib), Windows
messages: 370894
nosy: jstasiak, paul.moore, steve.dower, tim.golden, zach.ware
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: It's not clear what "interface name" means in socket if_nameindex/if_nametoindex/if_indextoname on Windows
type: enhancement
versions: Python 3.10, Python 3.8, Python 3.9

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