Re: [cpp-netlib-devel] two servers listening on same port?

[Kim G. <kim...@gm...>]

Hello,

On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 07:20, Dean Michael Berris
<mik...@gm...> wrote:
>
> If the system is POSIX compliant, this should not be an issue because
> SO_REUSEADDR applies to whether the listening application can re-use
> the socket in the TIME_WAIT state (that which has been closed
> already). This is important for efficiency reasons, although can
> definitely be dangerous in systems where the networking stack doesn't
> clean up properly.
>
> If this is a problem only in Windows then we should have a special
> compiler flag that turns it off.
>
> http://www.unixguide.net/network/socketfaq/4.5.shtml

I'm not even sure it's a problem, really. It's just a bit confusing,
but I'm not sure I see a breaking scenario if listening to the same
port twice _doesn't_ throw, which seems to be scenario here. Thoughts?

- Kim