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- Subject: RE: LuaSocket: Rationale behind address arg in socket.bind
- From: Cuero Bugot <cbugot@...>
- Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 07:29:08 -0700
>If the computer has multiple network cards, then you can be in a
>situation where you're interested in only one of the networks which
>the computer is connected to.
Similarly, using "127.0.0.1" or "localhost" should prevent other peer of the network to connect to your device, only local processes will be allowed.