Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org> writes: > Colin Watson <cjwat...@debian.org> writes: > >> I vaguely remember some problem where INADDR_ANY meant "all the >> interfaces that happen to be up at bind() time" rather than "all the >> interfaces that are up whenever packets arrive". Am I hallucinating? > > I think this can be true if the interfaces differ by protocol. If you > only have an IPv4 interface available and then later add an IPv6 > interface, I don't think INADDR_ANY will pick up the IPv6 connections. > > I haven't tested, though.
This would be my concern as well: are all new interfaces really picked up? If a test proves yes, then I suppose it is okay not to restart, otherwise a restart is safest. Perry -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
