Received this a while ago, just saw it wasn't in the bug report. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [Fwd: Bug#499920: set preferred source address on default route] Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:34:41 +0100 From: Jeroen Massar <jer...@sixxs.net>
Reinier Haasjes wrote: [..] > on most operating systems, a route can have an (optional) preferred source > address that is used instead of the outbound interface's local address when > initiating a connection. It would be nice to have an option to set this > option for the default route that is created after tunnel set up, so > programs > running on the router can use a different address than the tunnel endpoint > address. How can a route have a default source address? Routing != addressing. IMHO and according to the IETF afaik, selecting source addresses is the job of the application which should bind(), if the application cannot make that decision then the OS should do it, not software that sets up connectivity. Greets, Jeroen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
