Re: sockets: bind to external interface

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From	Hans Georg Schaathun <hg@schaathun.net>
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Subject	Re: sockets: bind to external interface
Date	Mon, 25 Apr 2011 21:14:51 +0100
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On Tue, 26 Apr 2011 05:49:07 +1000, Chris Angelico
  <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:
:  You can run 'ifconfig' without being root, so there must be a way. At
:  very worst, parse ifconfig's output.

Of course, but I am not sure that's simpler than the manual solution.
Especially since there is more than one version of ifconfig ...

:  The way you talk of "the" external interface, I'm assuming this
:  computer has only one. Is there a reason for not simply binding to
:  INADDR_ANY aka 0.0.0.0?

Ah.  That's what I really wanted.  Thanks a lot.  I wonder why that
was not mentioned in the tutorial I used ...

-- 
:-- Hans Georg

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sockets: bind to external interface Hans Georg Schaathun <hg@schaathun.net> - 2011-04-25 20:37 +0100
  Re: sockets: bind to external interface Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-04-26 05:49 +1000
    Re: sockets: bind to external interface Jean-Paul Calderone <calderone.jeanpaul@gmail.com> - 2011-04-25 13:13 -0700
    Re: sockets: bind to external interface Hans Georg Schaathun <hg@schaathun.net> - 2011-04-25 21:14 +0100
      Re: sockets: bind to external interface Hans Georg Schaathun <hg@schaathun.net> - 2011-04-25 21:24 +0100
        Re: sockets: bind to external interface Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-04-26 07:21 +1000
      Re: sockets: bind to external interface Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-04-26 06:30 +1000
        Re: sockets: bind to external interface Thomas Rachel <nutznetz-0c1b6768-bfa9-48d5-a470-7603bd3aa915@spamschutz.glglgl.de> - 2011-04-25 23:18 +0200
          Re: sockets: bind to external interface Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-04-26 07:50 +1000
          Re: sockets: bind to external interface Hans Georg Schaathun <hg@schaathun.net> - 2011-04-26 06:20 +0100
      Re: sockets: bind to external interface Thomas Rachel <nutznetz-0c1b6768-bfa9-48d5-a470-7603bd3aa915@spamschutz.glglgl.de> - 2011-04-25 23:14 +0200
  Re: sockets: bind to external interface Jean-Michel Pichavant <jeanmichel@sequans.com> - 2011-04-26 11:24 +0200

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