Re: connect(2) for UDP
"Jackson, Craig (Gale)" <[email protected]>
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> > Recommend using bind() rather than connect() with UDP. With bind you > > still get ICMP indiciations for fast failure when send()ing. > > More specifically.. > > bind() > sendto() > select() for response > > The select will wake on either the expiration of the timer, data to be > read or a failure hint if it turns out nothing was listening on the port > from the previous sendto() That sounds like a good plan. Bind() fixes the source address, which is all that connect() really buys you. Craig