Hi there,

Have a look at CPAN for C<Net::Server>. It provides a host of different working models, and it's really easy to use, I am using it in real-life network projects and I think it's a truly useful module.

From the POD:

FEATURES
   * Single Server Mode
   * Inetd Server Mode
   * Preforking Simple Mode (PreForkSimple)
   * Preforking Managed Mode (PreFork)
   * Forking Mode
   * Multiplexing Mode using a single process
   * Multi port accepts on Single, Preforking, and Forking modes
   * Simultaneous accept/recv on tcp, udp, and unix sockets
   * Safe signal handling in Fork/PreFork avoids perl signal trouble
   * User customizable hooks
   * Chroot ability after bind
   * Change of user and group after bind
   * Basic allow/deny access control
   * Customized logging (choose Syslog, log_file, or STDERR)
   * HUP able server (clean restarts via sig HUP)
   * Dequeue ability in all Fork and PreFork modes.
   * Taint clean
   * Written in Perl
   * Protection against buffer overflow
   * Clean process flow
   * Extensibility
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Check out the lastest version at http://seamons.com/

Good luck,
xc

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