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# CFSocketCopyPeerAddress(_:)

Returns the remote address to which a CFSocket object is connected.

```
func CFSocketCopyPeerAddress(_ s: CFSocket!) -> CFData!
```

## Parameters

`s`

The CFSocket object to examine.

## Return Value

The remote address, stored as a `struct sockaddr` appropriate for the protocol family (`struct sockaddr_in` or `struct sockaddr_in6`, for example) in a CFData object, to which `s` is connected. Ownership follows the [The Create Rule](https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/CoreFoundation/Conceptual/CFMemoryMgmt/Concepts/Ownership.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/20001148-103029).

## Discussion

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