Add the outgoing_bind option

Lets the admin choose a local address to bind each outgoing (IRC) socket.

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/louloulibs/network/tcp_socket_handler.hpp b/louloulibs/network/tcp_socket_handler.hpp
index d33b919..9f5caa3 100644
--- a/louloulibs/network/tcp_socket_handler.hpp
+++ b/louloulibs/network/tcp_socket_handler.hpp
@@ -224,6 +224,12 @@ protected:
 
   bool hostname_resolution_failed;
 
+  /**
+   * Address to bind the socket to, before calling connect().
+   * If empty, it’s equivalent to binding to INADDR_ANY.
+   */
+  std::string bind_addr;
+
 private:
   TCPSocketHandler(const TCPSocketHandler&) = delete;
   TCPSocketHandler(TCPSocketHandler&&) = delete;