Accessing TCP Options from iRules

I’ve written several articles on the TCP profile and enjoy digging into TCP.  It’s a beast, and I am constantly re-learning the inner workings.  Still etched in my visual memory map, however, is the ...
Published Mar 25, 2011
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Jun 25, 2020

Jason,

 

Shouldn't the line:

 

if { [catch {IP::addr $x mask 255.255.255.255}] } {

 

Be:

 

if { [catch {IP::addr $optaddr mask 255.255.255.255}] } {

 

Also, does [IP::addr parse] throw an exception if the bytearray doesn't contain a valid IP address?

 

If so, then the catch block around the [IP:addr] on the next line should be moved up a line.

 

Joel