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Subject: Re: svr4 and wollongong for bastion host - good idea?
From: "Anthony J. Lill" <ajlill @ ajlc . waterloo . on . ca>
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 1994 23:22:33 -0500
To: Ng Pheng Siong <ngps @ nova . np . ac . sg>
Cc: john . corb @ unitedkingdom . ncr . com, firewalls @ greatcircle . com
In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 09 Mar 1994 08:23:30 +0800." <199403090031 . QAA07294 @ mycroft . GreatCircle . COM>
Reply-to: Tony . Lill @ ajlc . waterloo . on . ca

>>>>> On Wed, 9 Mar 1994 08:23:30 +0800 (SST), Ng Pheng Siong <ngps @
 nova .
 np .
 ac .
 sg> said:
> 	As for ncftp telling the other host that your ip number is 0.0.0.0,
> that is related to getsockname() being broken.  On all other ip
> implementations, getsockname() returns (among other things) the ip
> address of the other end of the socket connection.  Under Wollongong,
> it returns the ip address of the local end of the socket, which in most
> cases is localhost, i.e. 0.0.0.0.  The solution is to use something
> like gethostbyname("hostname") and use that data instead.

	Ng> Ditto for ftp-gw. I am currently working on it.
	Ng> I haven't tried any of the other gw's. 

Actually t_getsockname works correctly.

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