curl-library
Re: [PATCH] curl: Support CURLOPT_LOCALADDR to bind to local address.
From: Daniel Stenberg <daniel_at_haxx.se>
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 22:14:51 +0100 (CET)
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 22:14:51 +0100 (CET)
On Wed, 16 Jan 2013, greearb_at_candelatech.com wrote:
> This allows a user to bind to both an interface (with CURLOPT_INTERFACE) and
> a local IP address. In doing so, it allows the user to work-around some
> serious performance issues on machines with lots of virtual interfaces
> because curl no longer has to scan all interfaces each time it makes a
> connection.
If we want to bind to a specific IP address instead of a specific interface
(like when we use the "host!" prefix), doesn't it already skip the lengthy
scan of all the interfaces?
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