Hi Mihai,
you wrote:
> When sending IP datagrams to your own IP address it seems that the
> kernel route those datagrams through the loopback interface.Using
> route command, I tried to force it to do it other way (through the
> hardware device and then through the physical cable), but it didn't
> work. (I have an ethernet card connected to a coax cable)
It's the default behaviour to route that packets with the network route
to the interface. However the kernel does intercept it there and does
send it over the loopback device.
> Can this be done? And how? I guess I should modify the kernel source
I don't think it's a good idea to send packets destinated to yourself
out to onto the net. And I am sure most ppl here will agree with me that
the need for must be wrong by your network-design.
Malware
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