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From: bad@flatlin.ka.sub.org (Christoph Badura)
Subject: Re: 386BSD - Network services w/ 2 ethernet boards
Organization: Guru Systems/Funware Department
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 11:10:52 GMT
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In <C08r81.3qJ@moxie.hou.tx.us> hackney@moxie.hou.tx.us (Greg Hackney) writes:
>Is there a way to activate some inetd network services for one board,
>but not for the other?

Not with the standard inetd. Sockets aren't bound to network
interfaces and you can't tell over which interface a particular packet
arrived.

You could try hacking inetd and other listeners to check the source IP
addresses of incoming data and respond only to certain "known good"
addresses.
-- 
				Christoph Badura  ---  bad@flatlin.ka.sub.org

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