On Fri, 14 Oct 2016, Tanmay Tiwari wrote: > Hello > > *Feature*: Specification of local port when initiating a ssh connection > using ssh client (and optionally specification of local address/interface) > > Many people approach me for patching their openssh installation to allow > specification of source port when using ssh client. Mostly the reason is > they are using a source port based firewall. Are these still a thing? Source port based filtering is pretty 1990s... > I think it would be good to have the feature in the main branch of openssh. > Specifying local port is a rather basic feature for a network related > application. > > I am willing to work on the feature (Its a 50 line patch anyway). I don't think this warrants a separate option, so you'd maximise your chances of getting it in if it was implemented as adding an optional port to BindAddress, e.g BindAddress *:2222 BindAddress [::]:2222 BindAddress 192.20.123.45:2222 > What are the reasons it hasn't been added yet? And should it be added to > master? AFAIK nobody has ever asked before. Basing your patch off master would make it easiest to merge. Once you have something please file a bug and attach a patch to https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/ -d _______________________________________________ openssh-unix-dev mailing list openssh-unix-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.mindrot.org/mailman/listinfo/openssh-unix-dev
