[Quickfix-developers] SocketAcceptor listens on all local interfaces, should be configurable

[Joerg T. <Joe...@ma...>]

Hi,

looking at documentation for the configuration of the Acceptor, I see that only the
listen port can be configured. The source reveals that the SocketAcceptor listens
on all local interfaces (line 116):

     108 SocketServer::SocketServer( int port, int timeout )
     109     : m_port( port ), m_monitor( timeout )
     110 {
     111   m_socket = socket( PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0 );
     112   if ( m_socket < 0 ) throw std::exception();
     113
     114   m_address.sin_family = PF_INET;
     115   m_address.sin_port = htons( port );
     116   m_address.sin_addr.s_addr = INADDR_ANY;
     117   m_socklen = sizeof( m_address );
     118
     119   socket_setsockopt( m_socket );
     120   if ( !bind() ) throw std::exception();
     121   if ( !listen() ) throw std::exception();
     122   m_monitor.add( m_socket );
     123 }

The backlog is currently configured to the maximum value. This could be also configurable.

Since we work with virtual interface in the production environment, it would be important
if we could specify a distinct host/IP address to listen on. The default could remain e.g.
"*" which could mean INADDR_ANY.

Oren, shall I provide a patch to implement this?

Cheers, Jörg

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