From 5fe94a49df4cb685676c5924455354ac5f17075c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthias Schiffer Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 18:45:01 +0100 Subject: doc: clarify bind option behaviour --- doc/source/manual/config.rst | 25 ++++++++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc/source') diff --git a/doc/source/manual/config.rst b/doc/source/manual/config.rst index 9f7d50c..f9d874e 100644 --- a/doc/source/manual/config.rst +++ b/doc/source/manual/config.rst @@ -35,17 +35,15 @@ Example config: include peers from "peers"; -| ``bind : [ interface "" ] [ default [ ipv4 ] ];`` -| ``bind : [ interface "" ] [ default [ ipv6 ] ];`` -| ``bind any: [ interface "" ] [ default [ ipv4|ipv6 ] ];`` -| ``bind port [ interface "" ] [ default [ ipv4 ] ];`` -| ``bind port [ interface "" ] [ default [ ipv6 ] ];`` -| ``bind any port [ interface "" ] [ default [ ipv4|ipv6 ] ];`` +| ``bind [:] [ interface "" ] [ default [ ipv4 ] ];`` +| ``bind [:] [ interface "" ] [ default [ ipv6 ] ];`` +| ``bind any[:] [ interface "" ] [ default [ ipv4|ipv6 ] ];`` +| ``bind [port ] [ interface "" ] [ default [ ipv4 ] ];`` +| ``bind [port ] [ interface "" ] [ default [ ipv6 ] ];`` +| ``bind any [port ] [ interface "" ] [ default [ ipv4|ipv6 ] ];`` Sets the bind address, port and possibly interface. May be specified multiple times. The keyword - any makes fastd bind to the unspecified address for both IPv4 and IPv6. When - no bind address is configured at all, for each outgoing connection a new socket with a random - port is created. + any makes fastd bind to the unspecified address for both IPv4 and IPv6. IPv6 address must be put in square brackets. It is possible to specify an IPv6 link-local address with an interface in the usual notation (e.g. [fe80::1%eth0]). @@ -53,6 +51,15 @@ Example config: The default option makes it the default address for outgoing connections for IPv4, IPv6 or both. + When an address without port or with port 0 is configured, a new socket with a random + port will be created for each outgoing connection. This has the side effect that the + options for packet marks and interface-specific binds (except IPv6 link-local addresses) will only work with the + ``CAP_NET_ADMIN`` capability (option ``drop capabilities no`` when fastd is built with + capability support, root privileges otherwise). + + Configuring no bind address at all is equivalent to the setting ``bind any``, meaning fastd + will use a random port for each outgoing connection both for IPv4 and IPv6. + | ``cipher "" use "";`` -- cgit v1.2.3