[jboss-jira] [JBoss JIRA] Resolved: (JGRP-569) Ignore bind address for TCP server sockets

Ignore bind address for TCP server sockets ------------------------------------------ Key: JGRP-569 URL: http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JGRP-569 Project: JGroups Issue Type: Task Reporter: Bela Ban Assigned To: Bela Ban Priority: Minor Fix For: 2.6 Currently, we use the interface defined by bind_addr (or -Djgroups.bind_addr) to bind TCP server sockets to. We might ignore this and simply bind the TCP server socket to *all* NICs, e.g. by replacing ServerSocket srv_sock=new ServerSocket(port, length, bind_addr) with ServerSocket srv_sock=new ServerSocket(port). The advantage is that in the latter case, the server socket will accept packets to the given port from *any* (wildcard) interface (0.0.0.0), whereas in the former case it will accept packets only from bind_addr. This reduces chances of misconfiguration. Example: {Basic}ConnectionTable, FD_SOCK