Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750845AbVLBVTX (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Dec 2005 16:19:23 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750776AbVLBVTX (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Dec 2005 16:19:23 -0500 Received: from lug-owl.de ([195.71.106.12]:47823 "EHLO lug-owl.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750720AbVLBVTW convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Dec 2005 16:19:22 -0500 Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2005 22:19:20 +0100 From: Jan-Benedict Glaw To: linux-net@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC] ip / ifconfig redesign Message-ID: <20051202211920.GJ13985@lug-owl.de> Mail-Followup-To: linux-net@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <200512022253.19029.a1426z@gawab.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT In-Reply-To: <200512022253.19029.a1426z@gawab.com> X-Operating-System: Linux mail 2.6.12.3lug-owl X-gpg-fingerprint: 250D 3BCF 7127 0D8C A444 A961 1DBD 5E75 8399 E1BB X-gpg-key: wwwkeys.de.pgp.net X-Echelon-Enable: howto poison arsenous mail psychological biological nuclear warfare test the bombastical terror of flooding the spy listeners explosion sex drugs and rock'n'roll X-TKUeV: howto poison arsenous mail psychological biological nuclear warfare test the bombastical terror of flooding the spy listeners explosion sex drugs and rock'n'roll User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 899 Lines: 21 On Fri, 2005-12-02 22:53:19 +0300, Al Boldi 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@lug-owl.de . +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)); - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/