Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 10:01:15 +0300 From: Nikos Vassiliadis <nvass@teledomenet.gr> To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Cc: Brian Candler <B.Candler@pobox.com> Subject: Re: using loopback address as primary address Message-ID: <200607251001.16102.nvass@teledomenet.gr> In-Reply-To: <20060724134810.GA4511@uk.tiscali.com> References: <200607241238.57205.nvass@teledomenet.gr> <20060724134810.GA4511@uk.tiscali.com>
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On Monday 24 July 2006 16:48, Brian Candler wrote: > On Mon, Jul 24, 2006 at 12:38:56PM +0300, Nikos Vassiliadis wrote: > > Can I somehow use lo1 address > > for connections initiated from Host_2? > > Options I know of: > > (1) the application which originates the connection can explicitly bind > to the lo1 address (see for example telnet -s and ping -S options) > I am looking for a "global just-works" sollution something like a routing/ip addressing scheme that will allow me to use individual (unrelated) IP addresses assigned to individual boxes on the same ethernet segment with a gateway to the internet > (2) the application can run in a jail(8) whose IP address is lo1, in which > case a 'bind to any' will bind to this address only > If that could happen without the jail part it would be fine...
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