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   herrmannsfeldt@gmail.com to Alex Martin   
   Re: OS X oddness?   
   27 Sep 16 18:57:38   
   
   On Wednesday, July 13, 2016 at 5:51:31 PM UTC-7, Alex Martin wrote:   
   > Running OS X, and when I connect to a local server via localhost, the   
   > 'client address' is always 0.0.0.0. I'm wondering if this is normal, OS   
   > X weirdness, or a bug?   
      
   When you setup for the connection, you normally put in 0.0.0.0 for the source   
   address and source port, and let the system fill them in. You would not   
   normally see it with, for example, tcpdump, though.   
      
   For a multi-home host, it is usual to fill in the source address based on the   
   interface that it is going out on.   
      
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