> > In the interest of prevention of feature bloat, I would like to ask, > > apart from thanking you for reporting the oddity, if such code is really > > necessary? > > If you're multi-homed and the uplinks are semantically different, > being able to set the source IP address is basically a requirement for > correct operation.
Agreed. Simply letting the OS choose the address based on destination/ outgoing interface is *not* enough for a name server. Look at what for instance BIND is doing. And CNS. And several others. Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, [email protected] _______________________________________________ Unbound-users mailing list [email protected] http://unbound.nlnetlabs.nl/mailman/listinfo/unbound-users
