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From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
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Subject: Re: daemon to listen on localhost only?
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On 2006-05-10 12:59, Sean Murphy <smurphy@calarts.edu> wrote:
> Is there a way to tell a daemon to listen only to the localhost without
> using a firewall?

This depends on the daemon.  Some programs accept a command-line option
to do this.  Others don't.

What daemon are you interested in doing this for?