Re: MASQUERADE: Route sent us somewhere else (was Re: Fw: Rusty's brain broke!)

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In message <4001F33A.9000802@trash.net> you write:
> Julian Anastasov wrote:
> 
> >- provide oif learned from the input route (as before the discussed
> >change). May be in 99% of the setups it selects the right route.
> >I think, we should use this, at least for 2.4.
> >
> >  
> >
> Why should we do a route lookup at all ? MASQUERADE doesn't need the
> dst_entry but only the interface address. Using ifa_list->ifa_local
> of the outgoing in_device seems like the simplest solution to me.

You take all the fun out.

Yes, this is the best.  It always does *something*, and is
predictable.  People with really complex routing shouldn't really use
MASQUERADE, since it's designed for a specific, simple case.

Patch?

Cheers,
Rusty.
--
  Anyone who quotes me in their sig is an idiot. -- Rusty Russell.
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