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| author | James Socol <me@jamessocol.com> | 2016-05-28 11:48:59 -0400 |
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| committer | James Socol <me@jamessocol.com> | 2016-05-28 11:48:59 -0400 |
| commit | 192ed88907909c5a00bc39b4a177bce4fc4b0705 (patch) | |
| tree | abee332605194d4f006c93e95ea7d2f06334bc20 | |
| parent | d1af5993ba046f9588f29dc12f1f57a3536d1f5f (diff) | |
| download | pystatsd-192ed88907909c5a00bc39b4a177bce4fc4b0705.tar.gz | |
Add note to docs about UDP ephemeral binding.
Fixes #77. [ci skip]
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diff --git a/docs/configure.rst b/docs/configure.rst index ca78012..27294f1 100644 --- a/docs/configure.rst +++ b/docs/configure.rst @@ -66,6 +66,13 @@ pipelining many metrics. Use with care! ``ipv6`` tells the client explicitly to look up the host using IPv6 (``True``) or IPv4 (``False``). +.. note:: + + Python will will inherently bind to an ephemeral port on all interfaces + (`0.0.0.0`) for each configured client. This is due to the underlying + Sockets API in the operating system/kernel. It is safe to block incoming + traffic on your firewall if you wish. + TCP Clients ----------- |