Hi
Yes, sorry, should maybe have had title with Source _IP_address_
I think you should be able to specify a source IP when opening the tcp socket.
Would probably need to add some code for IPv4 and IPv6 cases.
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> On 16 Feb 2022, at 11:11, Julian Andres Klode <j...@debian.org> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 10:42:57AM +0200, Joe Botha wrote:
>> Package: apt
>> Version: 2.2.4
>> Severity: wishlist
>> Tags: ipv6
>>
>> Dear Maintainer,
>>
>> *** Reporter, please consider answering these questions, where appropriate
>> ***
>>
>> I use Debian on a server with multiple upstream internet links. Some of
>> these links have peering point IPs.
>>
>> It happens fairly often that apt-get traffic uses the source IP in a peering
>> point range and then downloads fail.
>>
>> Please consider adding a feature so I can configure apt-get to specify a
>> source IP or interface on the server.
>>
>> For example: traceroute has a -s option: "Chooses an alternative source
>> address."
>
> I was about to say that specifying ip addresses for sources needs to be
> solved at an RFC level (need to standardize URLs like http://foo[ip]/),
> but um now I understand that you don't want to configure the IP of the
> source, but the interface we send packets from.
>
> Probably should be retitled with a less ambiguous title :D
>
> Anyway, no idea how complex that feature is, I guess proof of
> concept patches welcome.
>
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