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Subject: Re: nonlocal_bind and IPv6
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=46rom: Vincent Bernat <bernat@luffy.cx>
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 07:24:04 +0100

> OoO En  ce milieu  de nuit  =E9toil=E9e du vendredi  16 d=E9cembre  2=
011, vers
> 04:58, Maciej =AFenczykowski <zenczykowski@gmail.com> disait=A0:
>=20
>> why not simply use the IP_TRANSPARENT or IP_FREEBIND socket options?
>=20
> Because  this requires  modifying each  affected software.  This  can=
 be
> difficult if you don't have the source code available.

But it means that it would work on every single kernel verion out
there.