Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 19:00:07 -0800 From: Peter Heerboth <pheerboth@apple.com> To: Jet Nul <jetnul@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: circumventing default route through loopback Message-ID: <72f47860687da9f2585827f69571b5b1@apple.com> In-Reply-To: <bca59d3d050217215349bfcf72@mail.gmail.com> References: <bca59d3d050217215349bfcf72@mail.gmail.com>
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A few ideas come to mind. You could trying using a web proxy. Or, if you are running an open source browser, you could try to use the IP_OPTIONS socket option to specify strict source routing and then supply the exact path the packet must take. I would try using a web proxy first. Pete On Feb 17, 2005, at 9:53 PM, Jet Nul wrote: > Hi!! > > I have problem for which I'm sure there is > a simple and PROPER solution -- please help! > > The problem is, I have set up my Apache server, > but have only my machine for testing. Although > I'm online, requests from my browser typically > end up "redirected" through 127.0.0.1 (lo0). > This is inconvenient, since things which work > from home have proven unreliable from remote. > > Specifically, I have a web page hosted by > my ISP, but it is too small, so I redirect > back to by dynamic IP from there. In order > to test this, it is critical to circumvent > loopback "short-circuit". > > Can anyone help me? I've really been trying > hard to find the answer... > > (I'm actually running OpenBSD, but they don't > care to answer this on misc@openbsd.org.) > > Very Much Thanks in advance, > -Jet > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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