[zeromq-dev] general question about connect before bind

[Koert Kuipers]

Having used zeromq in a few small applications  I now am used to the behavior that it typically doesn't matter if a connect happens before a bind. It is great. However how does it work?

If say I have a server on machine 101 and a client on 201, and my protocol is tcp, how can the client connect before the server has done the bind to the endpoint? I mean, I assume the bind opens a tcp port or something like that, so before that the client's request for connection should be refused, no?

Best, Koert
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