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Re: SO_REUSEADDR behavior different from BSD

To: "Michael T Kerrisk" <mtk-lists@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: SO_REUSEADDR behavior different from BSD
From: David Stevens <dlstevens@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2004 11:20:12 -0700
Cc: bert hubert <ahu@xxxxxxx>, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <19686.1091723777@www48.gmx.net>
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Michael,
        Linux does not have SO_REUSEPORT, which post-Net/3
BSD systems do. I believe SO_REUSEADDR on Linux behaves
the same as 4.3BSD, but will differ with 4.4BSD and later because
of the addition of SO_REUSEPORT (unless there's a bug :-)).

                                        +-DLS


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