feat(tcp): ListenerTCP binds the address it is given, at port 0 if asked

A new constructor takes a numeric bind address (127.0.0.1, ::1, 0.0.0.0,
::) and accepts port 0, and Port() reports the port the listener got.
Until now every listener bound 0.0.0.0 at a port the caller chose, so a
helper meant for this machine's own processes was reachable from the
network, and the caller had to guess a free port. A name such as
`localhost` is refused instead of bound to whichever address the
resolver ranks first. The port-only constructor still listens on every
IPv4 interface.

`running` is atomic now: Stop() runs on another thread than the accept
loop that reads it. The accept loops take a sockaddr_storage, so an IPv6
peer's address is no longer cut short.

New: ShouldBindLoopbackEphemeral.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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@ -75,6 +75,15 @@ Crafter::ListenerTCP listener(8080, callback);
listener.ListenSyncSync(); // Synchronous listening
```
The port-only constructor listens on every IPv4 interface. To keep a listener to this machine, or to let the kernel pick the port, name the address and pass port 0; `Port()` reports the port it got. The address must be numeric (`127.0.0.1`, `::1`, `0.0.0.0`, `::`): a name such as `localhost` is refused rather than bound to whichever address the resolver ranks first.
```cpp
Crafter::ListenerTCP broker("127.0.0.1", 0, callback);
const std::uint16_t port = broker.Port();
std::thread([&] { broker.ListenSyncSync(); }).detach();
// ... broker.Stop() ends the loop from another thread.
```
### HTTP/3 Components
HTTP/3 runs over QUIC, which always requires TLS. Pass server credentials when constructing the listener (or set `selfSigned = true` for a development-only ephemeral cert) and matching client credentials when constructing the client (`insecureNoServerValidation = true` for self-signed servers).
@ -301,6 +310,7 @@ The library includes tests covering:
- Mutual TLS and the raw stream (`ShouldRequireClientCertificateHTTPS1`) — a client certificate the listener's CA vouches for is served and one absent is refused; `TLSStream` is also driven directly with hand-written HTTP/1.1 to keep `:TLS` usable without `:ClientHTTP1` on top
- Dual-stack connect (`ShouldConnectDualStack`) — `localhost` reaches a server on `::1` only and one on `127.0.0.1` only, an IPv6 literal connects over IPv6, and the last failure is what is thrown when no address answers; skips on a host without IPv6 loopback
- Connect errors (`ShouldReportConnectErrors`) — a refused connect and an unresolvable name throw `SocketErrorException` with their errno or getaddrinfo code and the message ClientTCP always threw, and still reach a `std::runtime_error` handler
- Loopback listeners (`ShouldBindLoopbackEphemeral`) — a listener on `127.0.0.1` at port 0 reports its port, takes loopback clients and refuses them through the host's other address; `::1` works too, a name is refused, and the port-only constructor still listens on every interface
The external-interop test requires outbound UDP/443; if your network blocks it the test will fail. `ShouldInteropCurlHTTP1` and `ShouldInteropCurlHTTPS1` skip whichever half is unavailable when `curl` or `python3` is not installed, and the mutual-TLS half of `ShouldRequireClientCertificateHTTPS1` skips without the `openssl` CLI (a *client* certificate needs the `clientAuth` extended key usage, which the built-in development certificate does not carry) — so all three pass on a bare machine. Install `curl`, `python3` and `openssl` to actually exercise them.