wildcard the port in bind

[Alex Hart]

Is there any way to bind with a specific IP address, but wildcard the
port? Something like INADDR_ANY, but for the port?

 

[Michael Fuhr]

Is there any way to bind with a specific IP address, but wildcard the
port? Something like INADDR_ANY, but for the port?

Bind to port 0 (zero) -- most operating systems will pick an ephemeral
port in that case.

 

[Alex Hart]

Thanks, that seems to work.