Re: SO_REUSEADDR behavior different from BSD

[Fernando Gont <fernando@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 11:34 05/08/2004 -0700, YOSHIFUJI Hideaki wrote:

> > Now, on Linux, at this point, the second instance of the
> > server fails with EADDRINUSE, even though it did use
> > SO_REUSEADDR.  On FreeBSD 5.1, the second server instance
> > does successfully bind.
>
> This behavior is intended.
> First socket is REQUIRED to set SO_REUSEADDR
> I hate BSD's behavior because it is asynmetry.
> (Both sockets are required to agree on "REUSEADDR.")
Not sure what you mean by "asymetry".


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