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On Dec 9, 2014 11:33 AM, "Chuck Anderson" <<a href="mailto:cra@wpi.edu">cra@wpi.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> On Tue, Dec 09, 2014 at 11:16:54AM -0700, Pete Travis wrote:<br>
> > But seriously, there's an implication in this thread that there will be<br>
> > work happening to give stuff a path to ask for an open port. Where can we<br>
> > follow along with that effort? Starting with, say, how I might change<br>
> > `nikola runserver` or `django-admin runserver` to ask for the port, and<br>
> > ending with the resulting UI that asks me for approval?<br>
><br>
> The functionality for a program to ask for an open port already<br>
> exists. It is called bind(2).<br>
> --</p>
<p dir="ltr">I should have said "ask firewalld for a port to be opened" - sorry, I thought that would come from the context.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Are you saying bind() should be talking to firewalld, via some approval agent? how do we make that happen?</p>
<p dir="ltr">--Pete</p>