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Re: Feature suggestion to block Curl from connecting reserved and private IP addresses

From: Dan Fandrich via curl-library <curl-library_at_lists.haxx.se>
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2021 00:00:01 -0800

On Tue, Dec 14, 2021 at 01:29:11PM +0530, Ayesh Karunaratne via curl-library wrote:
> With the addition of CURLOPT_PREREQFUNCTION, one could write a
> callback function to selectively block requests to certain IP/port
> ranges.

For the record, blocking requests by IP address has been possible for a long
time using CURLOPT_OPENSOCKETFUNCTION. It's documented in the Local Resources
section at https://curl.se/libcurl/security.html
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Received on 2021-12-15