[bug #34272] WebServer (v1.4.4) has no support of specifying interface to be listened

[T.Somequare]

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                 Summary: WebServer (v1.4.4) has no support of specifying
interface to be listened
                 Project: GNUstep
            Submitted by: tsomeqdev
            Submitted on: 2011年09月12日 18時31分18秒
                Category: Libraries
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: Change Request
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any

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Details:

Hi. 

I think, other web server has a section of configuration to specify address
listened.

-- Apache`s example --
Listen *:80                      #Any addresses 
Listen 192.168.0.1:80     #can accept connection only from LAN
--

This is useful if the server has two or more global addresses ( IP alias ).
It enables parallel running of different web server instances on ONE machine.

But WebServer library currently does not support such case.... 
The code is written :
--
WebServer.m (Near line 1440)

_listener = [NSFileHandle fileHandleAsServerAtAddress: nil
                                              service: _port
                                             protocol: @"tcp"];


--

How about adding a new Method ?
@interface WebServer
...
 - (void) setListenAddress:(NSString*)address
@end


regards.









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