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Date:      Wed, 10 May 2006 16:19:19 -0400
From:      Charles Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
To:        Sean Murphy <smurphy@calarts.edu>
Cc:        "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: daemon to listen on localhost only?
Message-ID:  <4EB3F6F4-7F22-4F38-9C81-27A0A82F1984@mac.com>
In-Reply-To: <44624631.9000503@calarts.edu>
References:  <44624631.9000503@calarts.edu>

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On May 10, 2006, at 3:59 PM, Sean Murphy wrote:
> Is there a way to tell a daemon to listen only to the localhost  
> without using a firewall?

If the daemon has an option to listen on a specific IP address, yes;  
otherwise, no.

-- 
-Chuck




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