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To: Patrick Duchstein <duchstei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: freeciv-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Freeciv-Dev] Re: Bindip-Patch
From: Raimar Falke <rf13@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 17:28:24 +0100 
On Sun, Jan 05, 2003 at 06:03:08PM +0100, Patrick Duchstein wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have written a small patch which allows civserver to bind on a
> specified IP only. It would be great if somebody could put this into
> CVS, since I am probably not the only person who needs it. The patch
> succeeds against current CVS.
> 
> The new commandline option is --bindip <ip>; if not given, civserver
> still binds on all IPs per default .

In what cases is this useful? I have seen this for other programs but
didn't used it. Is it for security?

        Raimar

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