Re: [Boost-users] Server application won't bind to ports on IP address other than my internal ones

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Server application won't bind to ports on IP address other than my internal ones
From: Richard Hodges (hodges.r_at_[hidden])
Date: 2019-01-10 18:17:44

What is more likely?

A. Asio, a library written by one of the most talented people on the
planet, maintained for 15 years and running in millions of servers around
the world has a bug in it that only you have found?

B. You have an incomplete understanding of how to deploy network servers
behind a firewall.

Take all the time you need.

On Thu, 10 Jan 2019, 16:50 Osman Zakir via Boost-users <
boost-users_at_[hidden] wrote:

> I just tried commenting out the POST request handling code and the
> client_session stuff, and then tried to run it with my external IP, but the
> same error from bind() came up saying that the requested address is not
> valid in its context.  I also tried using the wildcard IP 0.0.0.0 as the
> command line argument for the address when running the server and entering
> my external IP into the browser address bar, but I still couldn't visit the
> app in the browser (can't get to it either way).  The problem is probably
> in the server code, and is because of Asio (probably).  I need some advice
> on how best to confirm this and troubleshoot the problem.  Thanks in
> advance.
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