Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: bind() allowed to non-local addresses | Date | Thu, 19 Oct 2000 00:30:52 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> Assuming that my "compatibility argument" is not considered valid. What > I really need is some good ammunition for going back to Sun to ask them > to change the JRE spec -- like some significant kernel features or Linux > applications that relies on this new bind() behavior.
The XNS specification seems loose enough to allow the Linux behaviour. I don't think we should however adopt it as default behaviour. Programs that dont care about addresses use INADDR_ANY.
Alan
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