>> Does lport 0 work?
>>
> Yes. I use it (see my previous mail). But it is not documented in
> openVPN, and the use of a port value of 0 in bind() hardly. In the
> source the --lport value is sent to bind() directly, so it happens to
> work. It would be great if --lport 0 were mentioned in the man
2014-02-09 16:34 GMT+01:00 Arne Schwabe :
> Am 09.02.14 16:19, schrieb Gert Doering:
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 09, 2014 at 02:41:58PM +0100, Mickael Chazaux wrote:
>>> Although it is not easy to find on the Internet, you can bind a client
>>> socket to a specific IP adress, while setting the port as
Am 09.02.14 16:19, schrieb Gert Doering:
> Hi,
>
> On Sun, Feb 09, 2014 at 02:41:58PM +0100, Mickael Chazaux wrote:
>> Although it is not easy to find on the Internet, you can bind a client
>> socket to a specific IP adress, while setting the port as 0, meaning
>> "choose for me".
> Ah, good. So
Hi,
On Sun, Feb 09, 2014 at 02:41:58PM +0100, Mickael Chazaux wrote:
> Although it is not easy to find on the Internet, you can bind a client
> socket to a specific IP adress, while setting the port as 0, meaning
> "choose for me".
Ah, good. So there *is* a "I do not want a specific port" setti
2014-02-09 12:50 GMT+01:00 Gert Doering :
> Hi,
>
> On Sun, Feb 09, 2014 at 02:10:56AM +, Dash Four wrote:
>> Currently, openvpn only accepts "bind" if both "lport" and "local"
>> options are specified. Why?
>>
>> Why can't I specify "local" to instruct openvpn to bind to a specific IP
>> addre
Hi,
On Sun, Feb 09, 2014 at 02:10:56AM +, Dash Four wrote:
> Currently, openvpn only accepts "bind" if both "lport" and "local"
> options are specified. Why?
>
> Why can't I specify "local" to instruct openvpn to bind to a specific IP
> address or interface and leave it to decide a (random)
Currently, openvpn only accepts "bind" if both "lport" and "local"
options are specified. Why?
Why can't I specify "local" to instruct openvpn to bind to a specific IP
address or interface and leave it to decide a (random) port it binds to
in the same way in which the "nobind" option currently
