> We have run into the same thing a few years ago, source IP selection > in IPv6 is always done by the kernel, not the user.
That's not about source IP selection (which is done using RTA_DEFSRC, which we haven't tested, and which is not our business anyway since it's an end-node function), but about having multiple routes to the same destination which are chosen according to the *source* address of the routed packets. It's a weak form of source routing -- it allows the end node to influence routing (by chosing a specific source address) while still leaving routing firmly in control of the routers. It's an old idea, but it's recently become fashionable: http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-baker-ipv6-ospf-dst-src-routing Note that I do not necessarily agree with everything Fred says in this draft. In particular, I have different ideas about 2.1 (which I've discussed in detail with him, and which he's not hostile to). -- Juliusz _______________________________________________ Babel-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/babel-users
