On Fri, 2005-12-02 22:53:19 +0300, Al Boldi <a1426z@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The obvious benefit here, would be the transparent ability for apps to bind > to addresses, regardless of the link existence. # echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_nonlocal_bind and/or bind to address 0 (aka 0.0.0.0) instead of a given IP address. MfG, JBG -- Jan-Benedict Glaw jbglaw@xxxxxxxxxx . +49-172-7608481 _ O _ "Eine Freie Meinung in einem Freien Kopf | Gegen Zensur | Gegen Krieg _ _ O für einen Freien Staat voll Freier Bürger" | im Internet! | im Irak! O O O ret = do_actions((curr | FREE_SPEECH) & ~(NEW_COPYRIGHT_LAW | DRM | TCPA)); - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html