Module ipv6

IPv6 helper functions.

Functions

inet_ntoa(address)
Convert an IPv6 address in binary form to text form.

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inet_aton(text)
Convert an IPv6 address in text form to binary form.

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is_mapped(address)
Is the specified address a mapped IPv4 address?

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Variables

_leading_zero = re.compile(r'0+([0-9a-f]+)')

_v4_ending = re.compile(r'(.*):(\d+\.\d+\.\d+\.\d+)$')

_colon_colon_start = re.compile(r'::.*')

_colon_colon_end = re.compile(r'.*::$')

_mapped_prefix = '\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\xff...

__package__ = 'dns'

Function Details

Convert an IPv6 address in binary form to text form.

*address*, a ``binary``, the IPv6 address in binary form.

Raises ``ValueError`` if the address isn't 16 bytes long. Returns a ``text``.

Convert an IPv6 address in text form to binary form.

*text*, a ``text``, the IPv6 address in textual form.

Returns a ``binary``.

Is the specified address a mapped IPv4 address?

*address*, a ``binary`` is an IPv6 address in binary form.

Returns a ``bool``.

Variables Details

Value:

'\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\xff\xff'