[syslinux] [tftp-hpa] [BUG] Bad src address on replies from aliased interfaces

[H. Peter Anvin]

Simon Vallet wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> we're running tftp-hpa on a machine which will have to accept packets on
> an aliased IP (for service redundancy and fallback). The server is
> reachable using the alias, but replies using the primary IP of the
> interface, which provokes a timeout on the client.
> 
> The workaround is to run tftp stand-alone and to explicitly specify the
> alias IP on the command-line -- however this is not very satisfactory,
> as it needs human intervention.
> 
> Is there a bugzilla out there to report this ?
> 

No, there is not.  What version of tftp-hpa are you running, and could 
you provide an strace of the session where this happens?

tftp-hpa *is* supposed to report back using the same IP number that it 
received, so something is screwed up.

	-hpa