socket API on loopback

[Richard A Steenbergen]

On Tue, Apr 15, 2003 at 01:59:53PM -0700, David Myer wrote:
> Just wondering if the socket APIs ( socket, bind,connect.. ) work on the
> loopback interfave ? If not, what will be the error ?ThanksDave

Why wouldn't they? Many programs bind to 127.0.0.1 for internal use only.

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