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From: Xavier Roche <roche*lkml@httrack.com>
Subject: Re: Need for a specific source address selection rule ? (not neccessarily
 netfilter)
Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:36:31 +0200
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Pascal Hambourg a =C3=A9crit :
> IME, it works for IPv4 but not for IPv6 ; only IPv4 routes seem to
> support the "src" attribute, and IME src is silently ignored for IPv6
> routes.

The conclusion seems to be "Yes, there is a need for a specific source=20
address selection rule" to decide which IP address should be selected=20
within a single interface, based on arbitrary rules. (especially for IP=
v6)

The question is now: is there a chance such feature could be included=20
one day in the kernel ?