Re: global and channel requests -- more information on failure, more flexibility on success

[Alok Aggarwal <Alok.Aggarwal%Sun.COM@localhost>]

> > * The new tcpip-bind requests:
> >
> >         byte      SSH_MSG_GLOBAL_REQUEST
> >         string    "tcpip-bind"
> >         boolean   want reply
> >         string    address to bind (e.g. "0.0.0.0")
> >         uint32    port number to bind
> >
> >        'Address to bind' and 'port number to bind' specify the IP address
> >        and port to which the socket to be listened is bound.  The address
> >        should be "0.0.0.0" if connections are allowed from anywhere.
> >
> > I'd prefer to change the last sentence to
> >
> >        The address should be "" if connections are allowed from
> >        anywhere.
>
> I like that -- we talked about several possiblities
> for this during the working group meeting, but that one wasn't
> mentioned -- I like it better then anything that was.
>
> What do other people think about this?

It seems to solve the problem. Also, the ability to send "localhost" as string
incase the client wants the server to listen on localhost, seems like a good
idea (it makes the draft complete too).

I think it's useful to make this modification in the draft.

-Alok