Re: git: cd240957d7ba - main - netinet: Disallow connections to INADDR_ANY

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From: Dag-Erling_Smørgrav <des_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2025 13:02:00 UTC

Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org> writes:
> commit cd240957d7ba43d819e9d59c6f6517fe915102c7
> Author:     Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org>
> AuthorDate: 2024-11-25 14:07:11 +0000
> Commit:     Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org>
> CommitDate: 2025-05-24 18:13:09 +0000
>
>     netinet: Disallow connections to INADDR_ANY
>     
>     Previously connect() or sendto() to INADDR_ANY reached some socket bound
>     to some host interface address. Although this was intentional it was an
>     artifact of a different era, and is not desirable now.
>     
>     In 417b35a97b76 markj added support to disallow connect() to INADDR_ANY.
>     Take the next logical step and disable it by default.

It is still possible to connect to IN6ADDR_ANY.  IMO we should either
allow both or disallow both.

DES
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