Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 16:23:09 -0400 From: Gary Palmer <gjp@in-addr.com> To: Wes Peters <barnaclewes@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> Subject: Re: sockstat / netstat output 8.x vs 7.x Message-ID: <20100511202309.GB59765@in-addr.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinEjLEbGv_TIDWTz_rDxc4S_EDr_mCMmd0cINzl@mail.gmail.com> References: <201005111814.o4BIEPfN071211@lava.sentex.ca> <AANLkTinEjLEbGv_TIDWTz_rDxc4S_EDr_mCMmd0cINzl@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 12:20:02PM -0700, Wes Peters wrote: > The output header is instructive: > > USER COMMAND PID FD PROTO LOCAL ADDRESS FOREIGN ADDRESS > www httpd 18423 3 tcp4 6 *:80 *:* > www httpd 18423 4 tcp4 *:* *:* > www httpd 25184 3 tcp4 6 *:80 *:* > www httpd 25184 4 tcp4 *:* *:* > > Same as 7, it's the foreign address. This is normally only useful for > connected sockets. Wes, Your example has 2 "LOCAL ADDRESS" values of "*:*" in addition to the "*:*" in the FOREIGN ADDRESS column. I must admit I share Mike's puzzlement as to the meaning of *:* as the local address of a listening socket for a daemon Regards, Gary
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