Subject: Re: An approach for detachable interfaces.
To: Wolfgang Rupprecht <wolfgang@wsrcc.com>
From: Michael Richardson <mcr@sandelman.ottawa.on.ca>
List: tech-net
Date: 11/06/1999 20:03:32
>>>>> "Wolfgang" == Wolfgang Rupprecht <wolfgang@wsrcc.com> writes:
    Wolfgang> mcr@sandelman.ottawa.on.ca (Michael Richardson) writes:
    >> (Personally, I just resume once I get home, and dhclient configures
    >> the network for me, or otherwise, figures where I am.

    Wolfgang> So do you do anything special with daemons that have the wrong
    Wolfgang> interface address squirreled away?

    Wolfgang> So far I've punted and just reboot the computer when the
    Wolfgang> environment changes significantly (eg. home/remote/off-net).

  I guess this the question: on such a mobile system what do I really run
that needs listens on sockets?
    named?  listens on 127.0.0.1 only.
    apache? I use it for local stuff, (e.g. testing) only.

  What else is there that I care about? Even if I ran inetd (which I don't)
it listens to 0.0.0.0. I don't expect any connections to stay up when I
change my IP address. 

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