Re: libpcap on linux issue

[Darren Reed <darrenr () reed wattle id au>]

In some email I received from Guy Harris, sie wrote:
> 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).

Yes, "sockaddr_storage" is 128 bytes.

Darren
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