FS#75357 - [iftop] incorrectly displays MAC addresses

Attached to Project: Community Packages
Opened by cyrozap (cyrozap) - Sunday, 17 July 2022, 19:01 GMT
Last edited by Felix Yan (felixonmars) - Thursday, 25 August 2022, 20:47 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages
Status Closed
Assigned To Felix Yan (felixonmars)
Filipe Laíns (FFY00)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
MAC address octets with their highest bit set get printed as 32-bit hex values. For example: "MAC address is: ffffff80:ffffff80:ffffff80:00:00:00"

Considering that this bug is still present in the latest released version, has been a known bug for at least eight years, and no newer releases of iftop have been made since the bug was reported, I think the existing fix (see link in "Additonal info") should be added to this package.

Additional info:
* Package version: 1.0pre4-4
* Upstream bug report and patch to fix it: https://lists.beasts.org/pipermail/iftop-users/2014-March/000413.html

Steps to reproduce:
1. Run iftop.
2. Quit iftop.
3. Note the printed MAC address.
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Closed by  Felix Yan (felixonmars)
Thursday, 25 August 2022, 20:47 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  iftop 1.0pre4-5

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