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NAME

       ipsec_subnetof  - given Internet address and subnet mask, return subnet
       number
       ipsec hostof - given Internet address and subnet mask, return host part
       ipsec  broadcastof  -  given  Internet  address and subnet mask, return
       broadcast address

SYNOPSIS

       #include <freeswan.h>

       struct in_addr subnetof(struct in_addr addr,
           struct in_addr mask);
       struct in_addr hostof(struct in_addr addr,
           struct in_addr mask);
       struct in_addr broadcastof(struct in_addr addr,
           struct in_addr mask);

DESCRIPTION

       These  functions  are  obsolete;  see  ipsec_networkof(3)   for   their
       replacements.

       Subnetof  takes  an  Internet address and a subnet mask and returns the
       network part of the  address  (all  in  network  byte  order).   Hostof
       similarly  returns the host part, and broadcastof returns the broadcast
       address (all-1s convention) for the network.

       These functions are provided to hide the Internet bit-munging inside an
       API, in hopes of easing the eventual transition to IPv6.

SEE ALSO

       inet(3), ipsec_atosubnet(3)

HISTORY

       Written for the FreeS/WAN project by Henry Spencer.

BUGS

       Calling functions for this is more costly than doing it yourself.

                                 11 June 2001