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Subject: Re: Regarding data being sent
Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2008 20:15:16 -0700
From: Bill Cheng <william@bourbon.usc.edu>

Someone wrote:

  > I think the question is while running the client, if u use localhost:portno
  > instead of nunki.usc.edu:portno, what shud the the server print
  > 1. Received x bytes from 127.0.0.1  or
  > 2. Received x bytes from nunki's IP address

The spec says that you should call getpeername() and inet_ntoa().
I think you will get nunki's IP address but I'm not 100% sure.
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Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu <URL:http://merlot.usc.edu/william/usc/>




On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 6:57 PM, Bill Cheng <william@bourbon.usc.edu> wrote:

> Someone wrote:
>
>  > Is it acceptable if I print the IP of nunki at the server instead of the
>  > localhost (127.0.0.1)
>
> The adr command is to get the IP address given a hostname.
> So, you should return the IP address if there is one.
> --
> Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu <URL:http://merlot.usc.edu/william/usc/>
>
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