Ulogd - mysql addresses are in network-byte order

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This is NOT a bug,  but I believe it needs consideration for change.
So lets call it a feature request to stay friendly.

ulogd.c:733 assigning `ip.saddr(?)' as source for MYSQL(ip.saddr)
ulogd.c:733 assigning `ip.daddr(?)' as source for MYSQL(ip.daddr)

On a little-endian architecture these values are incompatable with
the native math functions and totally unsuitable for making
comparisons in mysql.

eg:
if (( ip.saddr > nnnnnnnnn ) AND ( ip.saddr < mmmmmmmm)) ...
This simply will not work on a little endian machine.

It is impractical to do a byte order conversion using a bunch
of the high level routines within mysql, and it may not be
timely to do it later using a scripting language.

IMHO I believe it is appropriate for these values to be in
host-byte order before they are ever assigned to mysql.
This would then match the byte order of any machine.
If there are compelling reasons to use network byte order,
I suggest this be a configurable option, not the default.

Thanks for a great piece of software,

Marty B.

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