Add a paragraph about the importance of byte order when using raw
sockets with the IP_HDRINCL option. Add a list entry about the errors which IP_HDRINCL can return. Bump .Dd. PR: docs/30873 Submitted by: Douglas De Couto Obtained from: BSD/OS (byte order), some old libnet stuff I did years ago.
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.\" @(#)ip.4 8.2 (Berkeley) 11/30/93
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd March 3, 2001
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.Dd June 14, 2004
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.Dt IP 4
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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@ -529,6 +529,14 @@ ip->ip_id = 0; /* 0 means kernel set appropriate value */
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ip->ip_off = offset;
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.Ed
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.Pp
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The ip_len and ip_off fields
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.Em must be provided in host byte order .
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All other fields must be provided in network byte order.
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See
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.Xr byteorder 4
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for more information on network byte order.
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If the ip_id field is set to 0, then the kernel will choose an
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appopriate value.
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If the header source address is set to
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.Dv INADDR_ANY ,
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the kernel will choose an appropriate address.
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@ -568,10 +576,24 @@ The IP option field was improperly formed;
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an option field was shorter than the minimum value
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or longer than the option buffer provided.
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.El
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.Pp
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The following errors may occur when attempting to send
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.Tn IP
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datagrams via a
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.Dq raw socket
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with the
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.Em IP_HDRINCL
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option set:
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.Bl -tag -width Er
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.It Bq Er EINVAL
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The user-supplied ip_len field was not equal to the length of the datagram
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written to the socket.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr getsockopt 2 ,
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.Xr recv 2 ,
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.Xr send 2 ,
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.Xr byteorder 4 ,
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.Xr icmp 4 ,
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.Xr inet 4 ,
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.Xr intro 4
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