Re: hash function over IP address

From	"Mark" <mark_cruzNOTFORSPAM@hotmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.programming, comp.unix.programmer
Subject	Re: hash function over IP address
Date	2012-04-09 10:04 -0400
Organization	Aioe.org NNTP Server
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References	(1 earlier) <jlir5m$dd8$1@dont-email.me> <jlk3um$pog$1@speranza.aioe.org> <87bon65l7n.fsf@sapphire.mobileactivedefense.com> <jlkb2b$d5f$1@speranza.aioe.org> <87ehs0g7nn.fsf@sapphire.mobileactivedefense.com>

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"Rainer Weikusat" <rweikusat@mssgmbh.com> wrote in message 
news:87ehs0g7nn.fsf@sapphire.mobileactivedefense.com...
>> Number of next hops is variable, thus anyway it would require to delete 
>> the
>> node and re-insert it back with a new key generated, right? (that's not 
>> an
>> issue though). How would you suggest to concatenate 32-bit long unsigned
>> integers, in what form -- convert to strings, concatenate and use such
>> string as a key?
>
> I would consolidate each pair into a 64-bit integer, using 0 in place
> of a possibly-missing 'second 32-bit number' and then do 'string
> comparions' on 64-bit integer strings of some length. Whether I would
> rather store an explicit length together with such a string or use a
> (64-bit) null terminator would depend on the actual circumstances.

Thanks, this looks reasonable, however I don't understand what do you mean 
by "each pair"? For instance, given three next hops:

10.10.10.1
20.20.20.1
30.30.30.1

this would yield in two 64-bit values:

10.10.10.1_20.20.20.1
30.30.30.1_0.0.0.0

Is this what you mean?

Mark

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hash function over IP address "Mark" <mark_cruzNOTFORSPAM@hotmail.com> - 2012-04-04 16:37 -0400
  Re: hash function over IP address Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2012-04-04 16:49 -0400
    Re: hash function over IP address China Blue Water Navy <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2012-04-04 14:02 -0700
    Re: hash function over IP address "Mark" <mark_cruzNOTFORSPAM@hotmail.com> - 2012-04-04 17:21 -0400
      Re: hash function over IP address Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-04-04 14:47 -0700
  Re: hash function over IP address Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu> - 2012-04-04 14:40 -0700
    Re: hash function over IP address Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@mssgmbh.com> - 2012-04-04 22:52 +0100
      Re: hash function over IP address blp@cs.stanford.edu (Ben Pfaff) - 2012-04-04 15:35 -0700
        Re: hash function over IP address Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@mssgmbh.com> - 2012-04-05 12:08 +0100
          Re: hash function over IP address blp@cs.stanford.edu (Ben Pfaff) - 2012-04-05 07:42 -0700
            Re: hash function over IP address Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@mssgmbh.com> - 2012-04-05 16:29 +0100
          Re: hash function over IP address Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-04-05 10:05 -0700
            Re: hash function over IP address Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@mssgmbh.com> - 2012-04-05 18:12 +0100
              Re: hash function over IP address Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-04-05 10:23 -0700
                Re: hash function over IP address Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@mssgmbh.com> - 2012-04-05 18:34 +0100
                Re: hash function over IP address Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-04-05 11:11 -0700
                Re: hash function over IP address Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@mssgmbh.com> - 2012-04-05 19:34 +0100
                Re: hash function over IP address Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@mssgmbh.com> - 2012-04-05 19:38 +0100
                Re: hash function over IP address Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-04-05 12:18 -0700
            Re: hash function over IP address scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2012-04-05 18:45 +0000
              Re: hash function over IP address "Mark" <mark_cruzNOTFORSPAM@hotmail.com> - 2012-04-05 15:02 -0400
  Re: hash function over IP address Rick Jones <rick.jones2@hp.com> - 2012-04-04 23:18 +0000
  Re: hash function over IP address William Ahern <william@wilbur.25thandClement.com> - 2012-04-04 16:57 -0700
  Re: hash function over IP address Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-04-04 21:05 -0400
    Re: hash function over IP address Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2012-04-04 22:52 -0400
      Re: hash function over IP address Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-04-05 08:46 -0400
    Re: hash function over IP address "Mark" <mark_cruzNOTFORSPAM@hotmail.com> - 2012-04-05 08:42 -0400
      Re: hash function over IP address Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@mssgmbh.com> - 2012-04-05 15:04 +0100
        Re: hash function over IP address "Mark" <mark_cruzNOTFORSPAM@hotmail.com> - 2012-04-05 10:43 -0400
          Re: hash function over IP address Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-04-05 22:24 -0400
          Re: hash function over IP address Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@mssgmbh.com> - 2012-04-06 17:13 +0100
            Re: hash function over IP address Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@mssgmbh.com> - 2012-04-06 17:21 +0100
            Re: hash function over IP address "Mark" <mark_cruzNOTFORSPAM@hotmail.com> - 2012-04-09 10:04 -0400
              Re: hash function over IP address Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@mssgmbh.com> - 2012-04-09 15:54 +0100
  Re: hash function over IP address BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2012-04-04 20:21 -0700
  Re: hash function over IP address Udit Gangwani <uditg22@gmail.com> - 2012-04-05 00:26 -0700
  Re: hash function over IP address Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@mssgmbh.com> - 2012-04-05 12:15 +0100
    Re: hash function over IP address Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2012-04-05 07:52 -0400

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