# sanity check in bro **URL:** \ **Category:** Zeek\ **Created:** [December 17, 1998, 5:27pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/sanity-check-in-bro/38 "1998-12-17T17:27:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jean-Marc\_Nimal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@Jean-Marc\_Nimal](https://community.zeek.org/u/Jean-Marc_Nimal)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 1998, 5:27pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/sanity-check-in-bro/38/1 "1998-12-17T17:27:19Z")
Sorry all, (as expectable) I said something very stupid in my answer to Paul Howell. The integer you can specify in dotted\_addr in Net.cc does of course not select an alternate buffer but an alternate format for the answer. So my proposed solution won't help at anything; you would still get twice the same address (in different formats though). But the problem is still buffer-related anyway, so you certainly figured out a soltuion already. Maybe we could change dotted\_addr to implement two buffers, and toggle between both (like I foolishly thought it did)? I won't risk proposing some code this time... you got the point anyway. Jean-Marc Nimal Aethis sa/nv [mailto:Jean-Marc.Nimal@aethis.be](mailto:Jean-Marc.Nimal@aethis.be) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/zeek/original/1X/f09d732bc2cc7c7cc7e35db67cf4e1d5233ce7a7.png) [@system](https://community.zeek.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 3:36pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/sanity-check-in-bro/38/2 "2022-05-06T15:36:05Z")