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userbinator
on June 30, 2024
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The Byte Order Fiasco (2021)
Only the early protocols below the application layer are BE. A lot of the later stuff switched to LE.
kortilla
on June 30, 2024
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Yes, those “early protocols” carry everything. Until applications stop opening sockets, this problem doesn’t go away.
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If you're writing an implementation of one of those "early protocols", sure. If not, call a well-known library, let it do whatever bit twiddling it needs to, and get on with what you were actually doing.
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But the payload isn't BE
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