Commented on IP_TRANSPARENT and changed an exception type.

2016-09-22 08:15:34 +00:00 · 2016-09-22 08:15:34 +00:00 · 3962a11575
parent 2d4e4eafe1
commit 3962a11575
1 changed files with 2 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/netlib/tcp.py
+++ b/netlib/tcp.py
@ -738,10 +738,11 @@ class TCPClient(_Connection):

            if self.spoof_source_address:
                try:
+                    # 19 is `IP_TRANSPARENT`, which is only available on Python 3.3+ on some OSes
                    if not connection.getsockopt(socket.SOL_IP, 19):
                        connection.setsockopt(socket.SOL_IP, 19, 1)
                except socket.error as e:
-                    raise exceptions.ProtocolException(
+                    raise exceptions.TcpException(
                        "Failed to spoof the source address: " + e.strerror)
            if self.source_address:
                connection.bind(self.source_address())