ntop / ntop/nProbe

Export IPs in decimal format

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Description

Please, add additional format option to export IPs (IPV4_SRC_ADDR, IPV4_DST_ADDR etc) to file in decimal format (not dotted).
For example, it might look like this:
--dump-ip-format <format>
where format is

d - for dotted format (127.0.0.1)
n - for numeric format (2130706433)

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Research direction

Start by locating the export handling for IPV4_SRC_ADDR and IPV4_DST_ADDR and the existing dump-format option parsing. Add the requested --dump-ip-format values for dotted and numeric output, then verify that exported IP fields use the selected representation.

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Assessment

Tech stack
lua
Domain
cli, networking
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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