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1.1     ! misho       1: Raw Socket Non-Sequitur
        !             2: =======================
        !             3: by Mike D. Schiffman <mike@infonexus.com>
        !             4: 
        !             5: Raw sockets are horribly non-standard across implementations.  Here is
        !             6: an incomplete list of some of the differences (corrections welcomed).
        !             7: 
        !             8: Solaris, for example, has terrible support for this packet interface.
        !             9: Older OpenBSD versions and FreeBSD before 11 versions have the
        !            10: `BSD_BYTE_SWAP` issue where the `ip_len` and `ip_frag` fields must be in
        !            11: host byte order.  Linux apparently doesn't allow for the injection of
        !            12: broadcast IP datagrams.  Whenever complete control over the IP header is
        !            13: desired, use the link layer API.
        !            14: 
        !            15: 
        !            16: Linux 2.2+
        !            17: ----------
        !            18: 
        !            19:     IP fragmentation:       performed if packet is larger than MTU
        !            20:     IP checksum:            always filled in
        !            21:     IP total length:        always filled in
        !            22:     IP ID:                  filled in when zero
        !            23:     IP source address:      filled in when zero
        !            24:     IP destination address: filled in when zero
        !            25: 
        !            26:     Max packet size before kernel complains: 1500 bytes
        !            27: 
        !            28: 
        !            29: Solaris 2.6+
        !            30: ------------
        !            31: 
        !            32:     IP fragmentation bits:  can't specify 
        !            33:     IP fragmentation:       performed if packet is larger than MTU
        !            34:     IP DF bit:              always set
        !            35:     IP checksum:            always filled in
        !            36: 
        !            37:     Max packet size before kernel complains: ?
        !            38: 
        !            39: 
        !            40: OpenBSD 2.8+
        !            41: ------------
        !            42: 
        !            43:     IP fragmentation:       performed if packet is larger than MTU
        !            44: 
        !            45:     Max packet size before kernel complains: 8192 bytes
        !            46: