IPSEC_INITSUBNET(3)

NAME
ipsec initsubnet - initialize an ip_subnet
ipsec subnettypeof - get address type of an ip_subnet
ipsec masktocount - convert subnet mask to bit count
ipsec networkof - get base address of an ip_subnet
ipsec maskof - get subnet mask (as address) of an ip_subnet

SYNOPSIS
#include <freeswan.h>

const char *initsubnet(const ip_address *addr, int maskbits,
int clash, ip_subnet *dst);

int subnettypeof(const ip_subnet *src);
int masktocount(const ip_address *src);
void networkof(const ip_subnet *src, ip_address *dst);
void maskof(const ip_subnet *src, ip_address *dst);

DESCRIPTION
The <freeswan.h> library uses an internal type ip_subnet to contain a description of an IP subnet (base address plus mask). These functions provide basic tools for creating and examining this type.

Initsubnet initializes a variable *dst of type ip_subnet from a base address and a count of mask bits. The clash parameter specifies what to do if the base address includes 1 bits outside the prefix specified by the mask (that is, in the ``host number'' part of the address):

    '0' zero out host-number bits

    'x' non-zero host-number bits are an error

Initsubnet returns NULL for success and a pointer to a string-literal error message for failure; see DIAGNOSTICS.

Subnettypeof returns the address type of a subnet, normally AF_INET or AF_INET6. (The <freeswan.h> header file arranges to include the necessary headers for these names to be known.)

Masktocount converts a subnet mask, expressed as an address, to a bit count suitable for use with initsubnet. It returns -1 for error; see DIAGNOSTICS.

Networkof fills in *dst with the base address of subnet src.

Maskof fills in *dst with the subnet mask of subnet src, expressed as an address.

SEE ALSO
inet(3), ipsec_ttosubnet(3), ipsec_rangetosubnet(3)

DIAGNOSTICS
Fatal errors in initsubnet are: unknown address family; unknown clash value; impossible mask bit count; non-zero host-number bits and clash is 'x'. Fatal errors in masktocount are: unknown address family; mask bits not contiguous.

HISTORY
Written for the FreeS/WAN project by Henry Spencer.