From: Greg W. <gre...@ne...> - 2010-10-29 18:48:32
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malc wrote: > Simply - an IPv6 LL address only makes sense in conjunction > with knowledge of the link which is sending it, this is the 'scope'. > In order for the destination LL address to make sense on a machine > with multiple interfaces, you have to specify the scope - in this > case, by telling SCTP to bind to the relevant source (LL) address. > The scope is in the destination address as supplied to the sendto. Why does SCTP then grab an address with the wrong scope to use for the source address? Getting the scope and address to do an explicit bind is a real pain to do from user space. Greg Weeks |