On Wed, Jan 26, 2000 at 11:39:43AM +0100, Marek Habersack wrote: > * Marco d'Itri said: > > On Jan 25, Paul Slootman <paul@wau.mis.ah.nl> wrote: > > > > >Every time I'm reminded of bind attaching itself to each interface > > >explicitly, I wonder why it does that (and doesn't simply bind to > > >0.0.0.0). _Is_ there a valid reason? > > Yes, the RFC requires responses coming out of the same interface the > > question came in. > And also binding to the default interface will make binding to the dynamic > ones not to work, correct? No. If you bind to the 'default interface' it means you're just saying 'Bind this port for me. I don't care what interface traffic comes in on'. It will accept it off any interface, even ones created after the bind is done. The program doesn't need to do anything to support this. -- Elie Rosenblum That is not dead which can eternal lie, http://www.cosanostra.net And with strange aeons even death may die. Admin / Mercenary / System Programmer - _The Necronomicon_
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