question: source address on interface w/ aliases?

[Lars Eggert]

Brian Reichert wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 11:35:06AM -0800, Julian Elischer wrote:
> 
>>>My expectation was that the primary IP address would be used.
>>
>>The primary IP address on the interface referred to in the routing table
>>entry that is chosen for the first packet..
>>(last time I looked)
> 
> Such was my expectation.  But: is this a BSD-specific implementation?
> 
> If I catch a kernel doing otherwise, can I say 'Aha! That's a bug
> based on documented standards' ?

RFC 1122, Section 3.3.4.2

Lars
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Lars Eggert                                     NEC Network Laboratories
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