On Sat, 2017-07-01 at 18:56 +0000, Jaikit Savla wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > As per RFC 4291 (https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4291#section-2.2) , > IPV6 address can be represented in 3 ways:a. > 2001:DB8:0:0:8:800:200C:417Ab. ::1 c. ::13.1.68.3 > "isIPv6Address" within InetAddressUtils checks only for a, b (above) > and does not consider IPv4MappedIPv64Address (case c) as valid. > Based on the RFC, option c above is considered valid. Does anyone > know why it is not considered as part of api "isIPv6Address" api > above ? and alternatively should it be considered as valid ? > reference: https://github.com/apache/httpcomponents-core/blob/master/ > httpcore5/src/main/java/org/apache/hc/core5/net/InetAddressUtils.java > https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5156#section-2.2 -- ::FFFF:0:0/96 > are the IPv4-mapped addresses [RFC4291]. Addresses > within this block should not appear on the public Internet. > commit where isIPv4MappedIPv64Address was added but does not look > like it is being used. Does anyone know any particular usage of > IPv4MappedIPv6 ?https://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpcomponents/httpcore > /trunk/httpcore5/src/main/java/org/apache/hc/core5/net/InetAddressUti > ls.java?r1=1406216&r2=1444926&pathrev=1767956&diff_format=h > > Thanks,Jaikit
Jaikit Feel free to raise PR at Github with changes that you think should be applied. I believe the code you are referring to was added by Sebastian. He might be able to answer your question. Oleg --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
