You certainly have a good grasp on the workflow of it!

I showed it in my other node but a visual of the process is like this(read from left to right, top to bottom for clarification):

# RQ = Incoming request sent to listening remote server

# RS = Response sent from local server to remote server
#      OR remote server to local server "flagging"
#      that the socket message was accepted by the server.
#     (Context of usage shown below)

# ST = Status of request at time of processing. More often than not,
#      this would be sent asynchronously from local server to remote
#      server.

Remote    Local
------    -----

RQ    --> 

      <-- RS

      <-- ST

RS    -->

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In reply to Re^2: Bidirectional Client/Server - to fork or not to fork? by ljamison
in thread Bidirectional Client/Server - to fork or not to fork? by ljamison

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