Jens, Robert, thanks!
> On Aug 31, 2011, at 1:38 PM, Markus Jelsma wrote: > > Is it considered a feature to be able to end up in this mess - starting two > instances but getting different data depending on bind address? > > It’s just a general capability of IP — being able to listen on a specific > interface. You have a server listening on the loopback interface only, and > another bound to your primary interface. The two instances won't even know > about each other, they’re just independent processes. And yes, this is > considered very useful in some circumstances, like if a server has two > network interfaces with a different IP address on each one and wants to > run the same service (but a different instance of it) at each address. > > —Jens
