From 192ed88907909c5a00bc39b4a177bce4fc4b0705 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: James Socol Date: Sat, 28 May 2016 11:48:59 -0400 Subject: Add note to docs about UDP ephemeral binding. Fixes #77. [ci skip] --- docs/configure.rst | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) 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 ----------- -- cgit v1.2.1