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On 12/01/2014 20:22, Someone Somewhere wrote:
> I think backlog value has no direct implication here.
> What matters is if the listening socket has been closed after accepting the
> client connection or not.
> -Kunal.

I think backlog >1 in one-user one-connect app (as nc) might catch other 
connections and later drop them. I might be wrong.

Yuri