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Sourav Sen (sourav@csa.iisc.ernet.in)
Tue, 2 Jan 2001 21:40:49 +0530 (IST)

Hi,
I want to know what the field, ihl in the struct iphdr is there
for, I mean its function and the values it takes in different condition.
Specifically, what is the condition when ihl>5.

(See ip_input.c , line 497, depending on if ihl>5, some code is getting
executed.)

I am talking of 2.2.16

Sourav

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