| Subject: | Problem with Net::CIDR::cidrvalidate() |
| Date: | Thu, 17 Jan 2008 09:05:42 -0800 (PST) |
| To: | bug-Net-CIDR [...] rt.cpan.org |
| From: | Mike Friedman <mikef [...] berkeley.edu> |
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Distribution: Net-CIDR-0.11
Perl version: 5.8.8
OS: FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE
Description:
Net::CIDR::cidrvalidate() does not honor leading 0 padded octets in IPv4
addresses.
Example:
use Net::CIDR qw( cidrvalidate );
$ip = cidrvalidate("128.32.25.13");
print "\$ip = $ip\n";'
results in
$ip = 128.32.25.13
whereas, with
$ip = cidrvalidate("128.32.025.13");
we get this:
$ip =
I suppose this isn't really a bug, as it appears, empirically, that at
least some resolvers also consider the 0-padded octets as invalid in some
way (or at least don't understand them).
So, I'd like to propose a new function in Net::CIDR, that would
canonicalize IPv4 dotted addresses by removing the leading 0 in each
octet, returning the canonicalized form after successfully validating the
address (if it is otherwise valid).
I assume none of this would affect IPv6 addresses.
If this kind of proposal belongs somewhere else than in a 'bug' report,
please let me know.
Thanks.
Mike
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