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Re: ip6addrctl(8) support



In message <j9vne4$5o$2%serpens.de@localhost>
        on Wed, 16 Nov 2011 07:06:44 +0000 (UTC),
        mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost (Michael van Elst) wrote:
> taca%back-street.net@localhost (Takahiro Kambe) writes:
> 
>>ipaddctl(8) says not only source address selection but destination
>>address selection.  Can in_getifa(9) take effect about destination
>>address selection?
> 
> What is 'destination address selection' ? Hinting getaddrinfo() ?
Yes.  There are some code getting policy set by ipaddrctl(8) in kernel
at lib/libc/net/getaddrinfo.c and lib/libc/net/name6.c.  (FreeBSD)

It reorders address in getaddrinfo() and getipnodebyname().

-- 
Takahiro Kambe <taca%back-street.net@localhost>


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