From: Alex Maccaw <maccman@...>
Date: 2009-06-05T18:33:17+09:00
Subject: Specifying ports when creating sockets?


In TCP, when you create a socket to a particular address, the OS chooses
a free port number.

I'd like to either specify that port number, or find out that port
number.

I can easily find the port number like so:
socket.addr[1]

However, that fails when the IO stream is closed. I need to find out the
port number even if the connection  is never made. I'm not sure this is
possible, which is why I think the first approach, specifying the port
number, is the way to go.

If you're wondering why I'm doing this, it's to do with STUNT.

Can anybody provide any pointers?
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