freebsd-ports/net/socketbind/pkg-descr
Edwin Groothuis fd7e8698ab socketbind - new port submission
This library allows you to bind any application which is
	dynamically linked with libc to certain IP address.  It
	provides convient way to bind socket's source IP to one of
	the multiple IP's available on computer.

PR:		ports/50147
Submitted by:	Gaspar Chilingarov <nm@web.am>
2003-04-01 00:49:48 +00:00

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This library allows you to bind any application which is dynamically linked
with libc. It provides convient way to bind socket's source IP to one of the
multiple IP's available on computer.
To use it first of all point LD_PRELOAD to installed library and set BINDTO
variable to desired IP address to bind.
Here is the wrapper to run any command binded to some IP address:
env LD_PRELOAD=/usr/local/lib/libsocketbind.so.1 BINDTO=$MY_IP_ADDRESS $*
Author can be reached at "nm at web dot am" address.