On Aug 30, 2005, at 10:31, Brian May wrote:
Would it be feasible to have something like "update-alternatives", but instead of managing files in the file system, it allocates port numbers? That way every service that listens on port, for example 143, will be registered, but only one will be "active" at one time.
Please bear in mind that a single computer also can have a lot of IP addresses. For example, I can have apache2 on one address, and squid reverse proxy on another, both listening on the same port.
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