sockstat / netstat output 8.x vs 7.x

[Wes Peters]

The output header is instructive:

USER     COMMAND    PID   FD PROTO  LOCAL ADDRESS         FOREIGN ADDRESS
www      httpd      18423 3  tcp4 6 *:80                  *:*
www      httpd      18423 4  tcp4   *:*                   *:*
www      httpd      25184 3  tcp4 6 *:80                  *:*
www      httpd      25184 4  tcp4   *:*                   *:*

Same as 7, it's the foreign address.  This is normally only useful for
connected sockets.

On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 11:14 AM, Mike Tancsa <mike at sentex.net> wrote:
> [trying on freebsd-net since no response on stable]
>
> I noticed that apache on RELENG_8 and RELENG_7 shows up with output I cant
> seem to understand from sockstat -l and netstat -naW
>
> On RELENG_7, sockstat -l makes sense to me
> ....
> www      httpd      83005 4  tcp4   *:443                 *:*
> www      httpd      82217 3  tcp4   *:80                  *:*
> www      httpd      82217 4  tcp4   *:443                 *:*
> www      httpd      38942 3  tcp4   *:80                  *:*
> www      httpd      38942 4  tcp4   *:443                 *:*
> root     httpd      1169  3  tcp4   *:80                  *:*
> root     httpd      1169  4  tcp4   *:443                 *:*
>
>
> various processes listening on all bound IP addresses on ports 80 and 443.
>
> On  RELENG_8 however, it shows up with an extra entry (at the end)
>
> www      httpd      29005 4  tcp4   *:*                   *:*
> www      httpd      29004 3  tcp4 6 *:80                  *:*
> www      httpd      29004 4  tcp4   *:*                   *:*
> www      httpd      29003 3  tcp4 6 *:80                  *:*
> www      httpd      29003 4  tcp4   *:*                   *:*
> www      httpd      66731 3  tcp4 6 *:80                  *:*
> www      httpd      66731 4  tcp4   *:*                   *:*
> root     httpd      72197 3  tcp4 6 *:80                  *:*
> root     httpd      72197 4  tcp4   *:*                   *:*
>
>
> *:80 makes sense to me... process is listening on all IPs for port 80.  What
> does *:* mean then ?
>
> Netstat gives a slightly different version of it
>
> Active Internet connections (including servers)
> Proto Recv-Q Send-Q  Local Address          Foreign Address       (state)
> tcp4       0      0 *.1984                 *.*                    LISTEN
> tcp4       0      0 *.*                    *.*                    CLOSED
> tcp46      0      0 *.80                   *.*                    LISTEN
>
> state closed ?
>
>        ---Mike
>
>
>
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