[erlang-questions] Socket option FREEBIND

[Richard Jones]

I should add, I do this with the AnyIP routing rule like so:

ip route add local 2604:8300:100:200b:6667:8::/96 dev lo

(i actually use dummy0 instead of "lo", ymmv)

per: https://blog.widodh.nl/2016/04/anyip-bind-a-whole-subnet-to-your-linux-machine/

also testable using socat like this:

socat -d -d TCP6:[2600:3c02::f03c:91ff:fe59:7d2e]:6667,bind=[2604:8300:100:200b:6667:8::1],setsockopt-int=0:15:1
-

this example connects to v6 freenode irc
(2600:3c02::f03c:91ff:fe59:7d2e) from an ipv6 address in the range i
set up anyip routing for.

So i can connect from that source ip (2604:8300:100:200b:6667:8::1)
but "ip addr" or "ifconfig" don't list that exact IP as being
configured.

Regards,

RJ



On 20 October 2017 at 17:33, Richard Jones <rj@REDACTED> wrote:
> I'm able to make outbound connections bound to an arbitrary IP from my
> range by specifying a socket option like: {raw, 0, 15, <<1>>}
>
> note that that protocol part of {raw, ???, _, _} is 0, not 6, since
> it's an IP level socket option (not tcp-level).
>
> btw there's also a system-wide option so you don't need to specify
> ip_freebind per socket:
>
> echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/ip_nonlocal_bind
>
>
> RJ
>
> On 20 October 2017 at 17:17, Michael L Martin <mmartin4242@REDACTED> wrote:
>> Thanks for the quick response. As for what I'm  attempting to achieve, well,
>> I'm not really sure.
>>
>> I have a customer that is adamant that we use IP_FREEBIND, so I've been
>> poking around in :gen_tcp and :inet trying to see how to do that.
>>
>> Here's what happens when I try to open a listen socket:
>>
>> iex(5)> {:ok, s} = :gen_tcp.listen(8000, [{:raw, 6, 15, <<1 :: size(32)>>},
>> {:ip, {10, 138, 69, 63}}])
>> {:ok, #Port<0.1305>}
>> iex(6)> :inet.getopts(s, [{:raw, 6, 15, 4}])
>> {:ok, []}
>> iex(7)> :gen_tcp.close(s)
>> :ok
>> iex(8)> {:ok, s} = :gen_tcp.listen(8000, [{:raw, 6, 15, <<1 :: size(32)>>},
>> {:ip, {10, 138, 69, 64}}])
>> ** (MatchError) no match of right hand side value: {:error, :eaddrnotavail}
>>
>> iex(8)>
>>
>> So it looks like it's not working for listen sockets, either. Could very
>> well be that I simply don't know what the heck I'm doing...
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2017-10-20 12:04 PM, Andreas Schultz wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> ----- On Oct 20, 2017, at 5:10 PM, Michael L Martin <mmartin4242@REDACTED>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Raw socket options looks like it should be the answer, but I'm not getting
>> good results:
>>
>> iex(worker@REDACTED)28> {:ok, s} = :gen_tcp.connect('localhost', 80,
>> [{:raw, 6, 15, <<1>>}, {:ip, {10, 138, 69, 63}}])
>>
>> {:ok, #Port<0.12110>}
>>
>> iex(worker@REDACTED)29> :inet.getopts(s, [{:raw, 6, 15, 32}])
>>
>> {:ok, []}    <== option not set?
>>
>> iex(worker@REDACTED)29> {:ok, s} = :gen_tcp.connect('localhost', 80,
>> [{:raw, 6, 15, <<1>>}, {:ip, {10, 138, 69, 64}}])
>>
>> ** (MatchError) no match of right hand side value: {:error, :eaddrnotavail}
>>
>>
>> IP_FREEBIND on connect doesn't make sense, it's only really useful on listen
>> sockets.
>>
>> The option lets you bind to an IP address that does not yet exist on the
>> host. That is ok for listen, but when you attempt to build an outgoing
>> connection from that IP, then it has to be configured.
>>
>> It appears that the IP_FREEBIND option is simply not set. If I use
>> IP_TRANSPARENT instead:
>>
>> iex(worker@REDACTED)35> {:ok, s} = :gen_tcp.connect('localhost', 80,
>> [{:raw, 6, 19, <<1>>}, {:ip, {10, 138, 69, 63}}])
>>
>> {:ok, #Port<0.12113>}
>>
>> iex(worker@REDACTED)34> :inet.getopts(s, [{:raw, 6, 19, 32}])
>>
>> {:ok, [{:raw, 6, 19, <<0, 0, 0, 0>>}]}
>>
>>
>> IP_TRANSPARENT needs special iptables rules to work correctly and is for a
>> very specific use case. I don't think it would be very useful for an Erlang
>> application to use that.
>>
>> In this case, the raw option 19 (IP_TRANSPARENT) is set, but to false rather
>> than true. I believe this is because the beam file needs root or
>> CAP_NET_ADMIN.
>>
>> You need root and a specific iptables setup for it to work.
>>
>> Any thoughts?
>>
>>
>> What are you attempting to achieve anyway?
>>
>> Regards
>> Andreas
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2017-10-16 01:18 PM, Guilherme Andrade wrote:
>>
>> I believe you can use raw socket options[1] for that, but it won't be
>> portable.
>>
>> [1]: http://erlang.org/doc/man/inet.html#setopts-2 - {raw, Protocol,
>> OptionNum, ValueBin}
>>
>> On 16 October 2017 at 15:09, Michael L Martin <mmartin4242@REDACTED> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Is there a way to specify the FREEBIND option when opening a socket? I
>>> don't see any reference to it in the documentation.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
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>>
>>
>> --
>> Guilherme
>>
>>
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