On 2006-09-15, Diez B. Roggisch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>> Is it possible to specify which port to use as the outbound port on a
>>>> connection?
>> [...]
>>>> Specifically, I'm trying to write an FTP host, and I'm trying to
>>>> implement the PORT command.
>>>
>>> AFAIK you neither can't do that nor need it.
>>
>> It's not the issue here, but to specify the outgoing port
>> call bind(('', portnum)) before connect().
>
> I wasn't aware of that. Cool.
It's an interesting thing to know, but I've been doing TCP
stuff for many years and never run across a situation where
it's something I needed to do. If somebody in this thread
actually does need to do it, I'd be curious bout why...
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