>A per-node switch probably doesn't make sense because it would have an affect
>on both the "server-like" applications as well as the "client-like"
>applications. However, an environmental switch could make more sense because
>each user could throw that environmental setting into their .shellrc file
>and be assured that no application that they launch from that shell would
>ever use a non-temporary address by default. I.e., the inheritance is a
>feature.
maybe a bit off-topic of the discussion, but i think this thread
is assuming too much about underlying operating system - that
they are unix-ish design. default-addr-select is a protocol document,
as far as i understand.
itojun
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