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32 .Dt INET6_GETSCOPEID 3
36 .Nm inet6_getscopeid ,
38 .Nd IPv6 scope id encoding and decoding functions
43 .Fn inet6_getscopeid "struct sockaddr_in6 *sin6" "int flags"
45 .Fn inet6_putscopeid "struct sockaddr_in6 *sin6" "int flags"
48 These functions implement a KAME-specific extension that encodes and
49 decodes the scope id inside in the 3rd and 4th byte of the address,
50 for link-local, site-local, and multicast-link-local addresses.
51 The scope id helps deciding which interface is used for packets of
54 Typically those two bytes are
56 for these kinds of addresses.
57 The scope id is stored in network byte order.
61 function retrieves the scope id from the 3rd and the 4th address bytes
69 It then clears the two address bytes.
73 function stores the scope id found in
75 into the 3rd and 4th byte of the address
87 argument controls for which addresses this action is performed.
89 can be a combination of:
92 .Dv INET6_IS_ADDR_LINKLOCAL
94 .Dv INET6_IS_ADDR_MC_LINKLOCAL
96 .Dv INET6_IS_ADDR_SITELOCAL
99 These functions first appeared in