open port !!!
Guido Leisker
lists.gl at guido-leisker.de
Fri Jan 20 16:08:32 UTC 2006
>>I cant introduce how to applications should listen on one and
>>the same
>>port with same protocoll.
>>How should the client know to which socket he should connect?
>>The only
>>information he has are: IP-Address, Port, Protocol.
>>
>>IMHO there may be more than one binded sockets to transfer data, but
>>allway only one who is listen for new requests.
>
>
> There is a pseudo-exception to this rule. If you look at httpd
> the httpd process, all field requests that are coming in on
> port 80 (by default). The portmapper actually takes care of
> distributing the work.
>
portmapper? hm... sounds interesting.
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