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<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Manpage of IPSEC_INITADDR</TITLE>
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<H1>IPSEC_INITADDR</H1>
Section: C Library Functions (3)<BR>Updated: 11 Sept 2000<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
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<A NAME="lbAB">&nbsp;</A>
<H2>NAME</H2>

ipsec initaddr - initialize an ip_address
<BR>

ipsec addrtypeof - get address type of an ip_address
<BR>

ipsec addrlenof - get length of address within an ip_address
<BR>

ipsec addrbytesof - get copy of address within an ip_address
<BR>

ipsec addrbytesptr - get pointer to address within an ip_address
<A NAME="lbAC">&nbsp;</A>
<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2>

<B>#include &lt;<A HREF="file:/usr/include/freeswan.h">freeswan.h</A>&gt;</B>

<P>
<B>const char *initaddr(const char *src, size_t srclen,</B>

<BR>
&nbsp;
<B>int af, ip_address *dst);</B>

<BR>

<B>int addrtypeof(const ip_address *src);</B>

<BR>

<B>size_t addrlenof(const ip_address *src);</B>

<BR>

<B>size_t addrbytesof(const ip_address *src,</B>

<BR>
&nbsp;
<B>unsigned char *dst, size_t dstlen);</B>

<BR>

<B>size_t addrbytesptr(const ip_address *src,</B>

<BR>
&nbsp;
<B>const unsigned char **dst);</B>

<A NAME="lbAD">&nbsp;</A>
<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>

The
<B>&lt;<A HREF="file:/usr/include/freeswan.h">freeswan.h</A>&gt;</B>

library uses an internal type
<I>ip_address</I>

to contain one of the (currently two) types of IP address.
These functions provide basic tools for creating and examining this type.
<P>

<I>Initaddr</I>

initializes a variable
<I>*dst</I>

of type
<I>ip_address</I>

from an address
(in network byte order,
indicated by a pointer
<I>src</I>

and a length
<I>srclen</I>)

and an address family
<I>af</I>

(typically
<B>AF_INET</B>

or
<B>AF_INET6</B>).

The length must be consistent with the address family.
<P>

<I>Addrtypeof</I>

returns the address type of an address,
normally
<B>AF_INET</B>

or
<B>AF_INET6</B>.

(The
<B>&lt;<A HREF="file:/usr/include/freeswan.h">freeswan.h</A>&gt;</B>

header file arranges to include the necessary headers for these
names to be known.)
<P>

<I>Addrlenof</I>

returns the size (in bytes) of the address within an
<I>ip_address</I>,

to permit storage allocation etc.
<P>

<I>Addrbytesof</I>

copies the address within the
<I>ip_address</I>

<I>src</I>

to the buffer indicated by the pointer
<I>dst</I>

and the length
<I>dstlen</I>,

and returns the address length (in bytes).
If the address will not fit,
as many bytes as will fit are copied;
the returned length is still the full length.
It is the caller's responsibility to check the
returned value to ensure that there was enough room.
<P>

<I>Addrbytesptr</I>

sets
<I>*dst</I>

to a pointer to the internal address within the
<I>ip_address</I>,

and returns the address length (in bytes).
If
<I>dst</I>

is
<B>NULL</B>,

it just returns the address length.
The pointer points to
<B>const</B>

to discourage misuse.
<P>

<I>Initaddr</I>

returns
<B>NULL</B>

for success and
a pointer to a string-literal error message for failure;
see DIAGNOSTICS.
<P>

The functions which return
<I>size_t</I>

return
<B>0</B>

for a failure.
<A NAME="lbAE">&nbsp;</A>
<H2>SEE ALSO</H2>

<A HREF="inet.3.html">inet</A>(3), <A HREF="ipsec_ttoaddr.3.html">ipsec_ttoaddr</A>(3)
<A NAME="lbAF">&nbsp;</A>
<H2>DIAGNOSTICS</H2>

An unknown address family is a fatal error for any of these functions
except
<I>addrtypeof</I>.

An address-size mismatch is a fatal error for
<I>initaddr</I>.

<A NAME="lbAG">&nbsp;</A>
<H2>HISTORY</H2>

Written for the FreeS/WAN project by Henry Spencer.
<A NAME="lbAH">&nbsp;</A>
<H2>BUGS</H2>

<I>Addrtypeof</I>

should probably have been named
<I>addrfamilyof</I>.

<P>

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<DT><A HREF="#lbAB">NAME</A><DD>
<DT><A HREF="#lbAC">SYNOPSIS</A><DD>
<DT><A HREF="#lbAD">DESCRIPTION</A><DD>
<DT><A HREF="#lbAE">SEE ALSO</A><DD>
<DT><A HREF="#lbAF">DIAGNOSTICS</A><DD>
<DT><A HREF="#lbAG">HISTORY</A><DD>
<DT><A HREF="#lbAH">BUGS</A><DD>
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