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Date:      Thu, 12 Feb 2004 14:40:42 -0500
From:      Brian Reichert <reichert@numachi.com>
To:        Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: question: source address on interface w/ aliases?
Message-ID:  <20040212194042.GZ2429@numachi.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0402121133540.10794-100000@InterJet.elischer.org>
References:  <20040212193059.GX2429@numachi.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0402121133540.10794-100000@InterJet.elischer.org>

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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' ?

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