Re: [RFC][PATCH] new sysctl net/ipv4/ip_default_bind

[Andi Kleen]

On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 11:27:13PM +0100, Mark Frazer wrote:
> The following patch applies against 2.4.17 and creates a new sysctl
> node /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_default_bind.  The purpose of the control
> is to allow a default IP address to be selected by the sysadmin for
> outgoing connections.  That is, for sockets which do not bind(2) the
> local end of the socket before calling connect(2).

You can already do that using the 'from' attribute in iproute2
aka prefered source address per route. Just set it for your default
route.

-Andi