import socket import sys host = 'media.1001.com' port = 23 backlog = 5 size = 1024 s = None try: s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM) s.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1) s.bind((host,port)) s.listen(backlog) except socket.error, (value,message): if s: s.close() print "Could not open socket: " + message sys.exit(1) while 1: client, address = s.accept() data = client.recv(size) if data: client.send(data) client.close()