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From: coleman@bldrdoc.gov (Sean Coleman 497-5672 )
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: INADDR_ANY
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Date: 30 Jun 91 03:20:58 GMT
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I have noticed that many server programs use INADDR_ANY to 
as the server address when the server binds. Suppose the server
was running on a machine it an IP address of 132.163.128.29 and the
server program sets its address to this instead of INADDR_ANY, what
will happen?

What will happen if the IP address that the server binds to, is
not the IP address of the host. ( I know that this will never
happen if the programmer has the act together but the answer will
help to understand the whole bind operation). I get the feeling
that the address that a program binds to the address that all packets
must have as the receiver for the program to accept the packets.


Thanks 

Sean Coleman
NIST
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