In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (at Fri, 16 Mar 2001 16:46:11 -0300), [EMAIL 
PROTECTED] says:

> > > Attached is a patch adapted from USAGI that let us to bind different 
> > > sockets
> > > to the same port but different IP versions.
> 
> > I do not see uid check code in the patch...
> 
> I tried to add the least code possible...
> 
> > Allowing listening on one port even without such weak check is hard bug.
> 
> USAGI has the check (with an ifdef), i'll add it and resend the patch to you.

No, we don't.  It is for SO_REUSEADDR.
This prevents users from "narrow binding" DoS.

BTW, I saw Alexey's point some time ago and askd it [EMAIL PROTECTED], 
but I could not convince them (including itojun :-)).
I am (still) considering...

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Hideaki YOSHIFUJI @ USAGI Project  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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