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From: Alan Cox <alan@...>
To: Nebojsa Miljanovic <neb@...>
Cc: <linux-kernel@...>, Kittlitz, Edward (Ned) <nkittlitz@...>, <asweeney@...>, Polhemus, William (Bart) <bpolhemus@...>
Subject: Re: SO_REUSEADDR not allowing server and client to use same port
Date: Thursday, February 28, 2008 - 4:19 pm

> Currently, Linux does not allow reuse of same local port for both TCP server and

Think about what happens for simultaneous connect (that obscure little
corner of the tcp/ip spec). Now think about what it means for security.

ALan
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SO_REUSEADDR not allowing server and client to use same port, Nebojsa Miljanovic, (Thu Feb 28, 2:15 pm)
Re: SO_REUSEADDR not allowing server and client to use same ..., Willy Tarreau, (Thu Feb 28, 4:36 pm)
Re: SO_REUSEADDR not allowing server and client to use same ..., Alan Cox, (Thu Feb 28, 4:19 pm)
Re: SO_REUSEADDR not allowing server and client to use same ..., Willy Tarreau, (Thu Feb 28, 4:41 pm)
Re: SO_REUSEADDR not allowing server and client to use same ..., Phil Oester, (Thu Feb 28, 2:30 pm)