| From | "David Schwartz" <> | Subject | RE: bind() allowed to non-local addresses | Date | Wed, 18 Oct 2000 18:05:04 -0700 |
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> 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
I worry that an application may use ability to bind to determine whether an address is local or not in an area with security impact.
DS
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