Hi Everyone, hi Joel, the idea is nice, and I can really see that it is useful, but I would be extremely careful with introducing those kind of changes, it can be easily interpreted as "backdoor feature", that is: from security point of view it could be a disaster.
cheers, pg On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 10:02 PM, Joel Martin <git...@martintribe.org> wrote: > Currently, an outbound socket connection (client) can be created using the > syntax: > > exec 5<> /dev/tcp/HOST/PORT > > This patch implements support for accepting incoming connections (server) > using a slightly different syntax: > > exec 6<> /dev/tcp/HOST/:PORT # note the colon > > The listen/accept call will block until a connection is received and it > will be bound to the redirection. > > Included in the patch is a small test that has an example of usage. I've > also attach a minimal web server that leverages this functionality (pure > bash except for a call to wc and cat). > > Please include me in Cc since I am not on the list. > > Thanks, > > Joel Martin (kanaka)
