--- a/src/applications/packet-sink/packet-sink.cc	Wed Feb 20 14:26:42 2008 -0500
+++ b/src/applications/packet-sink/packet-sink.cc	Thu Mar 13 14:22:26 2008 -0400
@@ -83,9 +83,9 @@
 
   m_socket->SetRecvCallback (MakeCallback(&PacketSink::Receive, this));
   m_socket->SetAcceptCallback (
-            MakeCallback (&PacketSink::AcceptConnectionRequest, this),
+            MakeNullCallback<bool, Ptr<Socket>, const Address &> (),
             MakeNullCallback<void, Ptr<Socket>, const Address&> (),
-            MakeCallback (&PacketSink::CloseConnection, this) );
+            MakeCallback(&PacketSink::CloseConnection, this) );
 }
 
 void PacketSink::StopApplication()     // Called at time specified by Stop
@@ -116,11 +116,6 @@
   socket->Close ();
 }
 
-bool PacketSink::AcceptConnectionRequest (Ptr<Socket> socket, const Address &from)
-{
-  return true;
-}
-
 Ptr<TraceResolver> 
 PacketSink::GetTraceResolver (void) const
 {

--- a/src/applications/packet-sink/packet-sink.h	Wed Feb 20 14:26:42 2008 -0500
+++ b/src/applications/packet-sink/packet-sink.h	Thu Mar 13 14:22:26 2008 -0400
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@
 
   virtual void Receive (Ptr<Socket> socket, Ptr<Packet> packet, const Address& from);
   virtual void CloseConnection (Ptr<Socket> socket);
-  virtual bool AcceptConnectionRequest (Ptr<Socket> socket, const Address &from);
 
   Ptr<Socket>     m_socket;       // Associated socket
   Address         m_local;        // Local address to bind to

--- a/src/node/socket.cc	Wed Feb 20 14:26:42 2008 -0500
+++ b/src/node/socket.cc	Thu Mar 13 14:22:26 2008 -0400
@@ -164,8 +164,11 @@
     }
   else
     {
-      // refuse all incomming connections by default.
-      return false;
+      // accept all incoming connections by default.
+      // this way people writing code don't have to do anything
+      // special like register a callback that returns true
+      // just to get incoming connections
+      return true;
     }
 }