diff -rubB larbin-orig/larbin.conf.ini larbin/larbin.conf.ini
--- larbin-orig/larbin.conf.ini	Tue Dec 30 10:10:01 2003
+++ larbin/larbin.conf.ini	Thu Jan  1 12:06:05 2004
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
 #noExternalLinks
 # time between 2 calls on the same server (in sec) : NEVER less than 30
 waitDuration 60
+# use this address as source IP address for fetching pages
+#fetchSrcAddr 0.0.0.0
 # Make requests through a proxy (use with care)
 #proxy www 8080
 
--- larbin-orig/src/fetch/site.cc	Tue Dec 30 10:10:01 2003
+++ larbin/src/fetch/site.cc	Thu Jan  1 11:58:02 2004
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <iostream.h>
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <netinet/in.h>
@@ -46,6 +47,11 @@
   else
     global::verifMax(fd);
   conn->socket = fd;
+  if (global::fetchSrcAddr != NULL) {
+    if (bind(fd, (struct sockaddr *) global::fetchSrcAddr, sizeof(struct sockaddr_in)) != 0)
+      cerr << "Unable to bind socket for fetching pages - check fetchSrcAddr in config file" << endl;
+    exit(1);
+  }
   for (;;) {
     fcntl(fd, F_SETFL, O_NONBLOCK);
     struct sockaddr_in *theaddr;
--- larbin-orig/src/global.cc	Tue Dec 30 10:10:01 2003
+++ larbin/src/global.cc	Thu Jan  1 11:48:28 2004
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
 char *global::sender;
 char *global::headers;
 char *global::headersRobots;
+sockaddr_in *global::fetchSrcAddr;
 sockaddr_in *global::proxyAddr;
 Vector<char> *global::domains;
 Vector<char> global::forbExt;
@@ -121,6 +122,7 @@
   dnsConn = 3;
   httpPort = 0;
   inputPort = 0;  // by default, no input available
+  fetchSrcAddr = NULL;
   proxyAddr = NULL;
   domains = NULL;
   // FIFOs
@@ -246,6 +248,22 @@
 	} else if (!strcasecmp(tok, "waitduration")) {
 	  tok = nextToken(&posParse);
 	  waitDuration = atoi(tok);
+	} else if (!strcasecmp(tok, "fetchSrcAddr")) {
+	  // host name and dns call
+	  tok = nextToken(&posParse);
+	  struct hostent* hp;
+	  fetchSrcAddr = new sockaddr_in;
+	  memset((char *) fetchSrcAddr, 0, sizeof (struct sockaddr_in));
+	  if ((hp = gethostbyname(tok)) == NULL) {
+		endhostent();
+		cerr << "Unable to find fetchSrcAddr ip address (" << tok << ")\n";
+		exit(1);
+	  } else {
+		fetchSrcAddr->sin_family = hp->h_addrtype;
+		memcpy ((char*) &fetchSrcAddr->sin_addr, hp->h_addr, hp->h_length);
+	  }
+	  endhostent();
+	  fetchSrcAddr->sin_port = 0;
 	} else if (!strcasecmp(tok, "proxy")) {
 	  // host name and dns call
 	  tok = nextToken(&posParse);
diff -rubB larbin-orig/src/global.h larbin/src/global.h
--- larbin-orig/src/global.h	Tue Dec 30 10:10:01 2003
+++ larbin/src/global.h	Thu Jan  1 11:45:28 2004
@@ -117,6 +117,10 @@
    */
   static char *headers;
   static char *headersRobots;  // used when asking a robots.txt
+
+  /* use this address as source address when fetching pages */
+  static sockaddr_in *fetchSrcAddr;
+
   /* internet address of the proxy (if any) */
   static sockaddr_in *proxyAddr;
   /** connect to this server through a proxy using connection conn