I've got a chance to write (and test) the code to add API support for socket binding addresses. Should I send the code diff to this openldap-devel email list for review? How to submit a patch request? Daniel -----Original Message----- From: Daniel Le Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2017 6:02 PM To: &#39;openldap-devel(a)openldap.org&#39; <openldap-devel(a)openldap.org&gt; Subject: ITS#8654 - Option for LDAP client to bind to a local address Hello, In reference to the enhancement request ITS#865, please comment on the following to add support for binding a local IP address to client socket. This is just an outline of changes for one local address. I am not sure whether a list of local addresses is necessary. If it is, then a new function, similarly to ldap_url_parsehosts, may be written to parse the list of local addresses and store them into a linked list. In my use case, only one IPv4 or IPv6 local address is used for binding. - Modify ldap.h and ldap_set_option to handle the new option LDAP_OPT_LOCAL_ADDRESS. Should it be named LDAP_OPT_CLIENT_ADDRESS, LDAP_OPT_SOCKET_BIND_ADDRESS...? - Modify struct ldapoptions in ldap-int.h to add element "char *ldo_local_address" to hold client local address when ldap_set_option(LDAP_OPT_LOCAL_ADDRESS...) is executed. This can char pointer can point to an IPv4 address or IPv6 address. - ldap_connect_to_host() in os-ip.c After the connection socket is created (ldap_int_socket) and before it is connected (ldap_pvt_connect), extract the local IP address. If local address family (AF_INET/ AF_INET6) matches the one of the host, bind socket to the local address. Regards, Daniel