Re: Continuing trouble with localhost ports

Matthias Urlichs (smurf@smurf.noris.de)
Thu, 14 Mar 1996 21:13:41 +0100

In linux.dev.kernel, article <199603140701.XAA00444@ariel.math.CSUFresn=
o.EDU>,
Snow Cat <snowcat@math.csufresno.edu> writes:
>=20
> Can you strace ircd and verify that it really binds to INADDR_ANY, no=
t
> just to host's IP address? Other daemons seam to work fine.
>=20
No need to do that -- netstat -an|grep 6667 says
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:6667 0.0.0.0:0 LISTE=
N
(at least with my ircd).

Anyway, not binding to INADDR_ANY (or not binding to the loopback
interface) would result in a refused connection, _not_ in a hang.

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