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From: Saroj Mahapatra <saroj@optonline.net>
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Subject: [9fans] bug in v4parseip?
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 09:38:08 +0000
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v4parseip function code in libip/ipparse.c looks suspicious. First of
all, I don't know why it bothers about class A or B given the trend
towards classless addresses? Next, if it is trying to handle inputs of
the form: a.b.c and a.b, then the problem is that c in the first case
can be a 24-bit integer and b in the second case can be a 16-bit
integer; the code assigns those parts to a 'uchar' resulting in
truncation. Or, did I misunderstand the code?


Thank you,
Saroj Mahapatra