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  1. Bug #663920
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Comment 2 for bug 663920

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Chris Jones (cmsj) wrote : Re: [Bug 663920] Re: public IPs unroutable from instances

Hi

It's not fair to assume that the public ip is bound to a local interface. That's not how ec2 works. It does seem reasonable to expect to route to that ip thoigh

Chris Jones

On 20 Oct 2010, at 16:18, Ricardo Kirkner <email address hidden> wrote:

> Each network interface should be accessible from within the instance. As
> the public IP is the only way to connect to that instance, it's fair to
> assume that IP binds a network interface (and thus should also be
> accessible from within the instance).
>
> In our specific case, we're just trying to access the host via it's
> public address, which is not such an uncommon requirement.
>
> --
> public IPs unroutable from instances
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/663920
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