From 79d6b3f34ac0df84d792748389c2bd32a2fb33f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pawel Jakub Dawidek Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 10:30:52 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Document IP_BINDANY IP socket option. Reviewed by: brueffer --- share/man/man4/ip.4 | 19 ++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/share/man/man4/ip.4 b/share/man/man4/ip.4 index 72d0490aabe8..9bf91400ee33 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/ip.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/ip.4 @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ .\" @(#)ip.4 8.2 (Berkeley) 11/30/93 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd March 9, 2009 +.Dd June 1, 2009 .Dt IP 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -243,6 +243,23 @@ socket level option, otherwise the .Dv IP_ONESBCAST option has no effect. .Pp If the +.Dv IP_BINDANY +option is enabled on a +.Dv SOCK_STREAM , +.Dv SOCK_DGRAM +or a +.Dv SOCK_RAW +socket, one can +.Xr bind 2 +to any address, even one not bound to any available network interface in the +system. +This functionality (in conjunction with special firewall rules) can be used for +implementing a transparent proxy. +The +.Dv PRIV_NETINET_BINDANY +privilege is needed to set this option. +.Pp +If the .Dv IP_RECVTTL option is enabled on a .Dv SOCK_DGRAM