In gSoap, what does the "host" argument to soap_bind mean?

Question

The gSoap API function soap_bind has an argument called host. The documentation is unclear about what the argument is for. Is it:

• The hostname/IP of a local network interface on which I want to listen
• The hostname/IP of the only remote host I will allow to connect
• Something else?

Answer 1

Option 1: the hostname or IP address of the local interface you'll be listening on.

It corresponds to the traditional sockets bind (then listen, accept) sequence.