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When connect()ing to a server, there is no direct way to define a timeout for that connection attempt – meaning that you could be waiting for a LONG time.
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The linux kernel will automatically lock up a port on bind() – even if the process is killed.
Well actually the kernel will close the socket when the process ends, however it stays in the 2MSL (2 x Max. Segment Lifetime) state for a few (2) minutes.
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The best way I’ve found of handling multiple tcp connections on the same socket is to use a poll file device with the listen()ing socket itself as the first pfd.
