Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 7 Sep 2001 12:42:20 +0400 | From | Andrey Savochkin <> | Subject | Re: notion of a local address [was: Re: ioctl SIOCGIFNETMASK: ip aliasbug 2.4.9 and 2.2.19] |
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On Fri, Sep 07, 2001 at 11:09:57AM +0000, Julian Anastasov wrote: > > On Fri, 7 Sep 2001, Andrey Savochkin wrote: > > > > It seems if connect() is called without bind() and the target > > > is local address the selected source is the same (the preferred address > > > is not used). The postfix guys simply can try this proposal (I don't > > > > I've just checked, you're right. > > In the mainstream 2.4 kernels for local routes setting the source to be equal > > to the target overrides the preferred source from the route. > > I saw it in the 2.2 sources, so it is the same there. > > > I personally consider it as a bug. > > Agreed. OTOH, nobody plays with the preferred source in the > local table. Now the question is whether this is a bug or a feature :) > In any case, if the admins don't play with the prefsrc in table local > the above assumption about connecting to local address still works > for IP/32 (but not for targets in the 127/8 range different from
In my opinion, the priorities in address selection should be the following: 1. always use prefsrc if it is specified 2. then for local routes, use destination 3. as a last resort, call that function guessing the address...
> 127.0.0.1). Hm, may be then a bind() call to the same IP will be required > before connecting? If bind fails, then the address is not local. If > not, connect() should succeed and getsockname should return the same > IP (the preferred source will not be considered in this case from > the kernel).
I would say that using of bound sockets is a bit risky. I'm not sure whether such a connect may succeed with 2.2 kernels and transparent proxy support, for example.
An unbound UDP connect, as autofs does, is a good solution if the mistakes are acceptable. The behavior of autofs in case of a mistake, as Peter explained, looks reasonable and acceptable for me.
Using GETROUTE as Andi suggested is the other good alternative. But it won't work without NETLINK socket support compiled in.
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