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Re: libpcap on linux issue


From: Guy Harris <guy () alum mit edu>
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 12:37:07 -0800

On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 10:15:07PM +1100, Darren Reed wrote:
    2) "struct sockaddr" is big enough, in those systems, for an
       IPv6 address;

It's 64 bytes big.

Well, that's bigger than most versions of "struct sockaddr", and is big
enough for an IPv6 address.  It's probably smaller than "struct
sockaddr_storage" (it is smaller than "struct sockaddr_storage" on some
pre-8.0 RH system here).
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