[zeromq-dev] ELI5: Why can't I get the IP address of the machine that sent a message?

[Michel Pelletier]

IP addresses are easily spoofed, they should not be used as a security
mechanism.  If you want security, you have to either trust all your
networks or use curvemq security or some other authentication
mechanism like a vpn.

0mq doesn't expose the IP because this is an implementation detail of
the tcp transport.

-Michel

On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 6:57 PM, Scott <alcoholiday at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> We had a problem a while back where some 'unknown machine' was sending
> malformed messages and causing our ZMQ based app to lose it's mind. It took
> a while to figure that out... And then once  a developer on our team found
> the nastygram he had trouble figuring out what machine was doing this.
>
> Is there a design reason that we lose this information in the area between
> plain ol sockets and ZMQ messages getting delivered to the application?
>
> Thanks for your patience and such a great library!
>
> -Scott
>
>
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