[Spread-users] INET unable to bind to port - force kill?

Jesus Cea Avion jcea@argo.es
Wed, 01 Aug 2001 16:44:18 +0200


> With or without SO_REUSEADDR, you cannot bind twice to the same
> interface (ip address). SO_REUSEADDR allows you to bind to the same
> port, using a different ip address.

SO_REUSEADDR allows you to bind a port recently released, before the
"RTT Timeout" sets for TCP/IP.

It has no security risks except ocasional (fairly rare) data leak from
previous connections.

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