[Freeciv-Dev] (PR#10975) LAN detection port not bound to IF address

["Christian Knoke" <chrisk@xxxxxxxxx>]

<URL: http://rt.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=10975 >


Sorry, I'd had to split this up and use a better subject.


On Tue, Nov 09, 2004 at 02:48:39PM -0800, Christian Knoke wrote:
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> <URL: http://rt.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=10958 >
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> CVS 09 NOV 2004 S2 GTK2

> When I use --bind option, the udp connection for LAN detection isn't bind to
> that given address, too.

This is for security, if you have LAN access and direct Internet Access on
the same machine, civserver should not answer outside calls on 4555/4556 if
you play a LAN game.

Christian

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