Disallow sending UDP Message Protocol traffic to broadcast address

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Bill Somerville 2020-11-03 23:08:12 +00:00
parent a6a176bf6e
commit 698bd23a9c
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1 changed files with 7 additions and 7 deletions

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@ -148,6 +148,13 @@ void MessageClient::impl::start ()
return;
}
if (is_broadcast_address (server_))
{
Q_EMIT self_->error ("IPv4 broadcast not supported, please specify the loop-back address, a server host address, or multicast group address");
pending_messages_.clear (); // discard
return;
}
if (blocked_addresses_.end () != std::find (blocked_addresses_.begin (), blocked_addresses_.end (), server_))
{
Q_EMIT self_->error ("UDP server blocked, please try another");
@ -181,13 +188,6 @@ void MessageClient::impl::start ()
}
}
if (server_.isBroadcast ())
{
// only allow broadcast on the loopback interface to avoid
// flooding the local subnet which may be large with some ISPs
//interface_ip.setAddress ("127.0.0.1");
}
if (localAddress () != interface_ip)
{
if (UnconnectedState != state () || state ())