netdev - Re: problem with flowi structure

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Message-ID: <1284652453.3352.38.camel@edumazet-laptop>
Date:	Thu, 16 Sep 2010 17:54:13 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Nicola Padovano <nicola.padovano@...il.com>
Cc:	netfilter-devel <netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: problem with flowi structure

Le jeudi 16 septembre 2010 à 17:30 +0200, Nicola Padovano a écrit :
> > This means ip_route_output_key() is allowed to chose whatever source ip
> > address to reach remote peer.
> 
> I don't well understand it yet...what is the reason for choosing
> whatever source ip?
> 
> 
> 

Because some users want a particular source IP ?

man bind



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