Socket bug (maybe)

[Doug Stanfield]

localhost == 127.0.0.1
not the address of any interface.

Did you try that address?

-Doug-

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ryan Dhuse [mailto:dhuserya at msu.edu]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2000 3:08 PM
> To: python-list at python.org
> Subject: Socket bug (maybe)
> 
> 
> It really depends on your point of view rather or not you 
> consider this a
> bug.  When a socket is bound to '', it will accept 
> connections from any ip
> address.  When a socket is bound to 'localhost' , it will not accept
> connections from any machine other than the local host.  it 
> will only accept
> connections to 'localhost' on the local machine.  If you are 
> on the local
> machine and try to connect by the ip address, it will fail.
> 
> I realize the socket documentation says that '' represents 
> localhost, but I
> would prefer if '' was equivalent to 'localhost' in all respects.
> 
> Should this be reported as a bug??
> 
> - Ryan Dhuse
> 
> 
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