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List:       ipfilter
Subject:    Re: Problem with state
From:       Phil Dibowitz <phil () ipom ! com>
Date:       2003-05-28 3:41:16
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Dan D Niles wrote:
> Is there any way to get state to work with hosts that don't
> always send replies with the same address?
> 
> I have a server that has two interfaces and two IPs.  If I send
> a packet to 192.168.1.50, sometimes the response comes back on
> 192.168.1.50 and sometimes it comes back on 192.168.1.91 (not the
> real IPs).  When the response comes back on 50, state works fine
> but when it comes back on 91, it doesn't.
> 
> I have also seen this problem with virtual hosts on solaris.

The server *should* respond with the same IP the request was made on. 
Otherwise its technically broken.

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