I just created a review with the following description: Allow TCP to reuse local port with different destinations
Summary: Previously, tcp_connect() would bind a local port before connecting, forcing the local port to be unique across all outgoing TCP connections for the address family. Instead, choose a local port after selecting the destination and the local address, requiring only that the tuple is unique. The review is https://reviews.freebsd.org/D24781. The change originated on the Sidewinder firewall, which is proxy-based as well as packet-filter based, and needed to support more proxy connections than the pool of ephemeral ports as long as the destinations were different. Mike _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
