# Copyright (C) 2003, 2004 Nominum, Inc. # # Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its # documentation for any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, # provided that the above copyright notice and this permission notice # appear in all copies. # # THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND NOMINUM DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES # WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF # MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL NOMINUM BE LIABLE FOR # ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES # WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN # ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT # OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. # $Id: ipv6.py,v 1.10 2004/03/19 00:17:27 halley Exp $ """IPv6 helper functions.""" import re import dns.exception import dns.ipv4 _leading_zero = re.compile(r'0+([0-9a-f]+)') def inet_ntoa(address): """Convert a network format IPv6 address into text. @param address: the binary address @type address: string @rtype: string @raises ValueError: the address isn't 16 bytes long """ if len(address) != 16: raise ValueError, "IPv6 addresses are 16 bytes long" hex = address.encode('hex_codec') chunks = [] i = 0 l = len(hex) while i < l: chunk = hex[i : i + 4] # strip leading zeros. we do this with an re instead of # with lstrip() because lstrip() didn't support chars until # python 2.2.2 m = _leading_zero.match(chunk) if not m is None: chunk = m.group(1) chunks.append(chunk) i += 4 # # Compress the longest subsequence of 0-value chunks to :: # best_start = 0 best_len = 0 last_was_zero = False for i in xrange(8): if chunks[i] != '0': if last_was_zero: end = i current_len = end - start if current_len > best_len: best_start = start best_len = current_len last_was_zero = False elif not last_was_zero: start = i last_was_zero = True if last_was_zero: end = 8 current_len = end - start if current_len > best_len: best_start = start best_len = current_len if best_len > 0: if best_start == 0 and \ (best_len == 6 or best_len == 5 and chunks[5] == 'ffff'): # We have an embedded IPv4 address if best_len == 6: prefix = '::' else: prefix = '::ffff:' hex = prefix + dns.ipv4.inet_ntoa(address[12:]) else: hex = ':'.join(chunks[:best_start]) + '::' + \ ':'.join(chunks[best_start + best_len:]) else: hex = ':'.join(chunks) return hex _v4_ending = re.compile(r'(.*):(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)$') _colon_colon_start = re.compile(r'::.*') _colon_colon_end = re.compile(r'.*::$') def inet_aton(text): """Convert a text format IPv6 address into network format. @param text: the textual address @type text: string @rtype: string @raises dns.exception.SyntaxError: the text was not properly formatted """ # # Our aim here is not something fast; we just want something that works. # if text == '::': text = '0::' # # Get rid of the icky dot-quad syntax if we have it. # m = _v4_ending.match(text) if not m is None: text = "%s:%04x:%04x" % (m.group(1), int(m.group(2)) * 256 + int(m.group(3)), int(m.group(4)) * 256 + int(m.group(5))) # # Try to turn '::' into ':'; if no match try to # turn '::' into ':' # m = _colon_colon_start.match(text) if not m is None: text = text[1:] else: m = _colon_colon_end.match(text) if not m is None: text = text[:-1] # # Now canonicalize into 8 chunks of 4 hex digits each # chunks = text.split(':') l = len(chunks) if l > 8: raise dns.exception.SyntaxError seen_empty = False canonical = [] for c in chunks: if c == '': if seen_empty: raise dns.exception.SyntaxError seen_empty = True for i in xrange(0, 8 - l + 1): canonical.append('0000') else: lc = len(c) if lc > 4: raise dns.exception.SyntaxError if lc != 4: c = ('0' * (4 - lc)) + c canonical.append(c) if l < 8 and not seen_empty: raise dns.exception.SyntaxError text = ''.join(canonical) # # Finally we can go to binary. # return text.decode('hex_codec')