[TriLUG] tying applications to specific interfaces?

[Christopher L Merrill]

Joseph Mack NA3T wrote:
> I'd be surprised if this is possible. Packets are just 
> packets and go where the routing table tells them to go. The 
> application has no idea where the packets are going - 

This is true if the application doesn't want to know where
they are going. But it is most certainly possible to tie an
outgoing socket to a specific IP address on the machine.
Of course, the application must be written to do this.  Our
product does this...which is how I know it works  :>

> However you can differentiate packets by ip, port...

If the above is what you meant by this...then I agree.
I thought I should clarify for others, though.

Chris

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