Not possible to get the SAFI from IPAddressFamily
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Description
Reported by @botovq:
The public API exposes the AFI using X509v3_addr_get_afi(), but doesn't
expose the SAFI. The SAFI can only be fed into the API but not be read
from it. Another unfortunate thing about X509v3_addr_get_afi() is that it
uses the reserved AFI 0 as an in-band error. It does not care about the
reserved AFI 65535.
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Research direction
Start with the public X509v3_addr_get_afi() API and the IPAddressFamily interfaces that accept SAFI values. Trace how AFI and SAFI are stored and retrieved, then add a way to read SAFI without using a reserved value as an error; update the relevant tests to cover ordinary and reserved AFI values.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- api, security
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100