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Re: ip aliasing, virtual interfaces and incorrect source addresses...



Has this problem been reported to the linux kernel ppl?  Has it been fixed?
It might also help to mention what versions are affected.

mike

--- Tarragon Allen <lists@n12turbo.com> wrote:
> On Wednesday 24 December 2003 08:23, Matthew Whitworth wrote:
> > I have a host (eth0 = 10.0.30.251) to which I recently added a virtual
> > interface (eth0:0 = 10.0.30.249).  Now all  traffic that originates from
> > this host has the source address of eth0:0, which is causing some problems
> > with a firewall that I don't control.
> 
> Annoying isn't it?
> 
> Try setting the second IP address as an alias on the *loopback* adapter, ie: 
> lo:0. Use a bitmask of 255.255.255.255 otherwise strange things may happen. 
> This should force the system to only use the "real" address for outgoing 
> requests, but it will still accept connections to the aliases address.
> 
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