New submission from Eldon Ziegler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
I updated httplib.py, python 2.4, to be able to bind to a specific IP
address when connecting to a remote site.
conn = httplib.HTTPConnection('82.94.237.218', 80)
will connect to '82.94.237.218' using one of the local IP addresses. For
example, if a machine has an primary IP address and an alias such as
eth0 192.168.1.10
eth0:1 192.168.1.11
the outbound connection might use either eth0 or eth0:1. I'm not sure
how it picks now. I added a bind option both for http and https so we
can direct the connection through one or the other. For example,
conn = httplib.HTTPConnection('82.94.237.218', 80, None, None, None,
'192.168.1.10')
would make sure it used 192.168.1.10 not 192.168.1.11.
I ran into this on a server that is contacted by an external legacy
server which requires a reverse connection over the same IP address that
the original connection came in on.
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components: Library (Lib)
files: httplib2.4.diff
keywords: patch
messages: 73840
nosy: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
severity: normal
status: open
title: Add Option to Bind to a Local IP Address in httplib.py
type: feature request
versions: Python 2.4, Python 2.5, Python 2.6, Python 2.7, Python 3.0, Python 3.1
Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file11607/httplib2.4.diff
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