X-Spam-Check-By:	sourceware.org
Date:	Wed, 1 Feb 2006 17:53:53 +0100
From:	Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	Re: SSH Local Port Forwarding
Message-ID:	<20060201165353.GH15572@calimero.vinschen.de>
Reply-To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Mail-Followup-To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
References:	<242f7d730602010836m7f81fc56yb6303e6b8576dfc2 AT mail DOT gmail DOT com>
Mime-Version:	1.0
In-Reply-To:	<242f7d730602010836m7f81fc56yb6303e6b8576dfc2@mail.gmail.com>
User-Agent:	Mutt/1.4.2i
Mailing-List:	contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm
List-Unsubscribe:	<mailto:cygwin-unsubscribe-archive-cygwin=delorie DOT com AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Subscribe:	<mailto:cygwin-subscribe AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Archive:	<http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/>
List-Post:	<mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Help:	<mailto:cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com>, <http://sourceware.org/ml/#faqs>
Sender:	cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com
Mail-Followup-To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Delivered-To:	mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com

On Feb  1 08:36, Jon Dixon wrote:
> Hi Corinna,
> 
>    Thanks for all the consideration you have given this WinSock
> problem.  As a suggestion, would it be possible to add an ssh command
> line option, so the user could explicitly open the listening port in
> exclusive mode.  This would alleviate the problem of trying to second
> guess when to use SO_EXCLUSIVEADDRUSE and when to use SO_REUSEADDR.
> 
>      For example:
>          ssh -L2001:server.com:23  -o "ExclusivePort yes"  server.com

Sorry, no.  I won't add any special options to ssh which are not
avaiable upstream.  Somehow you missed the point.  There's no reason
to change the application if the underlying library cares for that.


Corinna

-- 
Corinna Vinschen                  Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to
Cygwin Project Co-Leader          cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Red Hat

--
Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html
Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/

- Raw text -