For example, we use it at work for testing our web applications. The slightly overly-secure server we use for developing can not see the Internet, but it can test on localhost or other internal servers. (There's a local CPAN mirror and other such things to make it bearable).
I've created RT ticket #2185. If anyone would like to implement this and submit the patch to me, I'd appreciate it. I'm fresh out of tuits for implementing daemons on the fly.
xoa
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