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To: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
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Subject: Re: How to get outgoing interface... 
In-Reply-To: Message from Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> 
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From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>
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> <<On Mon, 07 Feb 2000 21:29:55 -0800, "gbnaidu  " <gbnaidu@my-deja.com> said:
> 
> > if ( (sa = rti_info[RTAX_DST]) != NULL) { process the destination address;
> 
> Stop right there.  The routing message isn't in this format.
> 
> See the code Brian Somers pointed out, or route.c, for an example of
> how to interpret a routing message.

And be careful of src/usr.sbin/ppp/route.c - it has a bug in it where 
it fails to align itself properly in the data returned by the 
NET_RT_IFLIST mib...

I have a patch queued for when the code freeze is lifted (queued 
behind some IPv6 changes), so if you're interested, drop me a line.

> -GAWollman
> 
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