[tor-bugs] #7590 [Tor]: [PATCH] New option LocalOutboundBindAddress

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#7590: [PATCH] New option LocalOutboundBindAddress
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 Reporter:  ac           |          Owner:                    
     Type:  enhancement  |         Status:  needs_review      
 Priority:  normal       |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.4.x-final
Component:  Tor          |        Version:                    
 Keywords:  tor-client   |         Parent:                    
   Points:               |   Actualpoints:                    
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Comment(by ac):

 Replying to [comment:6 nickm]:

 To reiterate what I said on IRC -- Another IP address can be added to a
 loopback interface and it becomes a loopback address no different from
 ::1.  At the very least, Linux supports this.  It also possible to bind an
 address that is on any other interface and make a loopback connection.

 For good measure, I ran the following commands:
 {{{
   ip addr add ::54:6f72/128 dev lo
   ssh -6 -b  ::54:6f72 ::1
   w # from ssh session
 }}}
 I verified that "w" showed a login from ::0.84.111.114

 I couldn't get an IPv6 hidden service working at all, though -- with or
 without LocalOutboundBindAddress set.  So I haven't actually tested the
 IPv6 case, although the ssh test demonstrates that setting the bind
 address does work for IPv6 loopback connections.

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