[PATCH] Add parse_inetaddr and replace inet_addr by parse_inetaddr

Krzysztof Oledzki olenf at ans.pl
Sun Nov 6 21:39:06 CET 2005


Hello,

Attached patch adds parse_inetaddr() function and replaces calls to 
inet_addr() by parse_inetaddr(). It also fixes the nat_parse() function, 
where wrong condition was used for validating addresses.

Conntrack-tool should always notify user about invalid address and 
assuming INADDR_NONE, which usually is -1 (255.255.255.255) is not the 
right way of handling typos.

Best regards,

 				Krzysztof Olędzki
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Index: src/conntrack.c
===================================================================
--- src/conntrack.c	(revision 4488)
+++ src/conntrack.c	(working copy)
@@ -477,6 +477,18 @@
 	return -1;
 }
 
+in_addr_t parse_inetaddr(const char *cp)
+{
+	struct in_addr addr;
+
+	if (inet_aton(cp, &addr)) {
+		return addr.s_addr;
+	}
+
+	exit_error(PARAMETER_PROBLEM, "Invalid IP address `%s'.", cp);
+
+}
+
 /* Shamelessly stolen from libipt_DNAT ;). Ranges expected in network order. */
 static void
 nat_parse(char *arg, int portok, struct nfct_nat *range)
@@ -536,16 +548,10 @@
 	if (dash)
 		*dash = '\0';
 
-	ip = inet_addr(arg);
-	if (!ip)
-		exit_error(PARAMETER_PROBLEM, "Bad IP address `%s'\n",
-			   arg);
+	ip = parse_inetaddr(arg);
 	range->min_ip = ip;
 	if (dash) {
-		ip = inet_addr(dash+1);
-		if (!ip)
-			exit_error(PARAMETER_PROBLEM, "Bad IP address `%s'\n",
-				   dash+1);
+		ip = parse_inetaddr(dash+1);
 		range->max_ip = ip;
 	} else
 		range->max_ip = range->min_ip;
@@ -699,22 +705,22 @@
 		case 's':
 			options |= CT_OPT_ORIG_SRC;
 			if (optarg)
-				orig.src.v4 = inet_addr(optarg);
+				orig.src.v4 = parse_inetaddr(optarg);
 			break;
 		case 'd':
 			options |= CT_OPT_ORIG_DST;
 			if (optarg)
-				orig.dst.v4 = inet_addr(optarg);
+				orig.dst.v4 = parse_inetaddr(optarg);
 			break;
 		case 'r':
 			options |= CT_OPT_REPL_SRC;
 			if (optarg)
-				reply.src.v4 = inet_addr(optarg);
+				reply.src.v4 = parse_inetaddr(optarg);
 			break;
 		case 'q':
 			options |= CT_OPT_REPL_DST;
 			if (optarg)
-				reply.dst.v4 = inet_addr(optarg);
+				reply.dst.v4 = parse_inetaddr(optarg);
 			break;
 		case 'p':
 			options |= CT_OPT_PROTO;
@@ -751,22 +757,22 @@
 		case '{':
 			options |= CT_OPT_MASK_SRC;
 			if (optarg)
-				mask.src.v4 = inet_addr(optarg);
+				mask.src.v4 = parse_inetaddr(optarg);
 			break;
 		case '}':
 			options |= CT_OPT_MASK_DST;
 			if (optarg)
-				mask.dst.v4 = inet_addr(optarg);
+				mask.dst.v4 = parse_inetaddr(optarg);
 			break;
 		case '[':
 			options |= CT_OPT_EXP_SRC;
 			if (optarg)
-				exptuple.src.v4 = inet_addr(optarg);
+				exptuple.src.v4 = parse_inetaddr(optarg);
 			break;
 		case ']':
 			options |= CT_OPT_EXP_DST;
 			if (optarg)
-				exptuple.dst.v4 = inet_addr(optarg);
+				exptuple.dst.v4 = parse_inetaddr(optarg);
 			break;
 		case 'a':
 			options |= CT_OPT_NATRANGE;


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