jpunix.com and MX'ing

Perry E. Metzger perry at imsi.com
Mon Jan 23 11:56:27 PST 1995



Eric Hughes says:
>    From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry at imsi.com>
> 
>    In 4.4 kernels, you just configure an alias address.
> 
> What is the mechanism by which a particular process picks an outgoing
> IP address?

Same as always -- the bind system call! (Remember, machines have
always had multiple IP addresses, just not on the same interface.)

.pm






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