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IPSEC_SUBNETOF

Section: C Library Functions (3)
Updated: 13 Oct 1998
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NAME

ipsec subnetof - given Internet address and subnet mask, return subnet number
ipsec hostof - given Internet address and subnet mask, return host part
ipsec broadcastof - given Internet address and subnet mask, return broadcast address

SYNOPSIS

#include <freeswan.h>

struct in_addr subnetof(struct in_addr addr,
struct in_addr mask);
struct in_addr hostof(struct in_addr addr,
struct in_addr mask);
struct in_addr broadcastof(struct in_addr addr,
struct in_addr mask);

DESCRIPTION

Subnetof takes an Internet address and a subnet mask and returns the network part of the address (all in network byte order). Hostof similarly returns the host part, and broadcastof returns the broadcast address (all-1s convention) for the network.

These functions are provided to hide the Internet bit-munging inside an API, in hopes of easing the eventual transition to IPv6.

HISTORY

Written for the FreeS/WAN project by Henry Spencer.

BUGS

Calling functions for this is more costly than doing it yourself.

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