[freetds] connect(2) for UDP
Jackson, Craig (Gale)
Craig.Jackson at cengage.com
Thu Dec 18 10:05:05 EST 2008
> > Recommend using bind() rather than connect() with UDP. With bind you
> > still get ICMP indiciations for fast failure when send()ing.
>
> More specifically..
>
> bind()
> sendto()
> select() for response
>
> The select will wake on either the expiration of the timer, data to be
> read or a failure hint if it turns out nothing was listening on the port
> from the previous sendto()
That sounds like a good plan. Bind() fixes the source address, which is all
that connect() really buys you.
Craig
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