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1 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/connect.c b/lib/connect.c
index af225ab83..906fd9d18 100644
--- a/lib/connect.c
+++ b/lib/connect.c
@@ -240,6 +240,10 @@ static CURLcode bindlocal(struct connectdata *conn,
int error;
char myhost[256] = "";
int done = 0; /* -1 for error, 1 for address found */
+ int is_interface = FALSE;
+ int is_host = FALSE;
+ static const char *if_prefix = "if!";
+ static const char *host_prefix = "host!";
/*************************************************************
* Select device to bind socket to
@@ -251,9 +255,20 @@ static CURLcode bindlocal(struct connectdata *conn,
memset(&sa, 0, sizeof(struct Curl_sockaddr_storage));
if(dev && (strlen(dev)<255) ) {
+ if(strncmp(if_prefix, dev, strlen(if_prefix)) == 0) {
+ dev += strlen(if_prefix);
+ is_interface = TRUE;
+ }
+ else if(strncmp(host_prefix, dev, strlen(host_prefix)) == 0) {
+ dev += strlen(host_prefix);
+ is_host = TRUE;
+ }
/* interface */
- if(Curl_if2ip(af, dev, myhost, sizeof(myhost))) {
+ if(!is_host && (is_interface || Curl_if_is_interface_name(dev))) {
+ if(Curl_if2ip(af, dev, myhost, sizeof(myhost)) == NULL)
+ return CURLE_INTERFACE_FAILED;
+
/*
* We now have the numerical IP address in the 'myhost' buffer
*/