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NAME

       NetAddr::IP::InetBase -- IPv4 and IPV6 utilities

SYNOPSIS

         use NetAddr::IP::Base qw(
               :upper
               inet_aton
               inet_ntoa
               ipv6_aton
               ipv6_ntoa
               ipv6_n2x
               ipv6_n2d
               inet_any2n
               inet_n2dx
               inet_n2ad
               inet_pton
               inet_ntop
               packzeros
               isIPv4
               isNewIPv4
               isAnyIPv4
               AF_INET
               AF_INET6
               fake_AF_INET6
               fillIPv4
         );

         use NetAddr::IP::Util qw(:all :inet :ipv4 :ipv6 :math)

         :ipv4   =>    inet_aton, inet_ntoa, fillIPv4

         :ipv6   =>    ipv6_aton, ipv6_ntoa,ipv6_n2x, ipv6_n2d,
                       inet_any2n, inet_n2dx, inet_n2ad
                       inet_pton, inet_ntop, packzeros

         $dotquad = inet_ntoa($netaddr);
         $netaddr = inet_aton($dotquad);
         $ipv6naddr = ipv6_aton($ipv6_text);
         $ipv6_text = ipv6_ntoa($ipv6naddr);
         $hex_text = ipv6_n2x($ipv6naddr);
         $dec_text = ipv6_n2d($ipv6naddr);
         $ipv6naddr = inet_any2n($dotquad or $ipv6_text);
         $dotquad or $hex_text = inet_n2dx($ipv6naddr);
         $dotquad or $dec_text = inet_n2ad($ipv6naddr);
         $netaddr = inet_pton($AF_family,$text_addr);
         $text_addr = inet_ntop($AF_family,$netaddr);
         $hex_text = packzeros($hex_text);
         $rv = isIPv4($bits128);
         $rv = isNewIPv4($bits128);
         $rv = isAnyIPv4($bits128);
         $constant = AF_INET();
         $constant = AF_INET6();
         $trueif   = fake_AF_INET6();
         $ip_filled = fillIPv4($shortIP);

         NetAddr::IP::InetBase::lower();
         NetAddr::IP::InetBase::upper();

INSTALLATION

       Un-tar the distribution in an appropriate directory and type:

               perl Makefile.PL
               make
               make test
               make install

DESCRIPTION

       NetAddr::IP::InetBase provides a suite network of conversion functions written in pure
       Perl for converting both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses to and from network address format and
       text format.

       The IPv6 functions support all rfc1884 formats.

         i.e.  x:x:x:x:x:x:x:x:x
               x:x:x:x:x:x:x:d.d.d.d
               ::x:x:x
               ::x:d.d.d.d
         and so on...

       •   $dotquad = inet_ntoa($netaddr);

           Convert a packed IPv4 network address to a dot-quad IP address.

             input:        packed network address
             returns:      IP address i.e. 10.4.12.123

       •   $netaddr = inet_aton($dotquad);

           Convert a dot-quad IP address into an IPv4 packed network address.

             input:        IP address i.e. 192.5.16.32
             returns:      packed network address

       •   $ipv6addr = ipv6_aton($ipv6_text);

           Takes an IPv6 address of the form described in rfc1884 and returns a 128 bit binary
           RDATA string.

             input:        ipv6 text
             returns:      128 bit RDATA string

       •   $ipv6text = ipv6_ntoa($ipv6naddr);

           Convert a 128 bit binary IPv6 address to compressed rfc 1884 text representation.

             input:        128 bit RDATA string
             returns:      ipv6 text

       •   $hex_text = ipv6_n2x($ipv6addr);

           Takes an IPv6 RDATA string and returns an 8 segment IPv6 hex address

             input:        128 bit RDATA string
             returns:      x:x:x:x:x:x:x:x

             Note: this function does NOT compress adjacent
             strings of 0:0:0:0 into the :: format

       •   $dec_text = ipv6_n2d($ipv6addr);

           Takes an IPv6 RDATA string and returns a mixed hex - decimal IPv6 address with the 6
           uppermost chunks in hex and the lower 32 bits in dot-quad representation.

             input:        128 bit RDATA string
             returns:      x:x:x:x:x:x:d.d.d.d

             Note: this function does NOT compress adjacent
             strings of 0:0:0:0 into the :: format

       •   $ipv6naddr = inet_any2n($dotquad or $ipv6_text);

           This function converts a text IPv4 or IPv6 address in text format in any standard
           notation into a 128 bit IPv6 string address. It prefixes any dot-quad address (if
           found) with '::' and passes it to ipv6_aton.

             input:        dot-quad or rfc1844 address
             returns:      128 bit IPv6 string

       •   $dotquad or $hex_text = inet_n2dx($ipv6naddr);

           This function does the right thing and returns the text for either a dot-quad IPv4 or
           a hex notation IPv6 address.

             input:        128 bit IPv6 string
             returns:      ddd.ddd.ddd.ddd
                       or  x:x:x:x:x:x:x:x

             Note: this function does NOT compress adjacent
             strings of 0:0:0:0 into the :: format

       •   $dotquad or $dec_text = inet_n2ad($ipv6naddr);

           This function does the right thing and returns the text for either a dot-quad IPv4 or
           a hex::decimal notation IPv6 address.

             input:        128 bit IPv6 string
             returns:      ddd.ddd.ddd.ddd
                       or  x:x:x:x:x:x:ddd.ddd.ddd.dd

             Note: this function does NOT compress adjacent
             strings of 0:0:0:0 into the :: format

       •   $netaddr = inet_pton($AF_family,$text_addr);

           This function takes an IP address in IPv4 or IPv6 text format and converts it into
           binary format. The type of IP address conversion is controlled by the FAMILY argument.

           NOTE: inet_pton, inet_ntop and AF_INET6 come from the Socket6 library if it is present
           on this host.

       •   $text_addr = inet_ntop($AF_family,$netaddr);

           This function takes and IP address in binary format and converts it into text format.
           The type of IP address conversion is controlled by the FAMILY argument.

           NOTE: inet_ntop ALWAYS returns lowercase characters.

           NOTE: inet_pton, inet_ntop and AF_INET6 come from the Socket6 library if it is present
           on this host.

       •   $hex_text = packzeros($hex_text);

           This function optimizes and rfc 1884 IPv6 hex address to reduce the number of long
           strings of zero bits as specified in rfc 1884, 2.2 (2) by substituting :: for the
           first occurrence of the longest string of zeros in the address.

       •   $ipv6naddr = ipv4to6($netaddr);

           Convert an ipv4 network address into an ipv6 network address.

             input:        32 bit network address
             returns:      128 bit network address

       •   $rv = isIPv4($bits128);

           This function returns true if there are no on bits present in the IPv6 portion of the
           128 bit string and false otherwise.

             i.e.  the address must be of the form - ::d.d.d.d

           Note: this is an old and deprecated ipV4 compatible ipV6 address

       •   $rv = isNewIPv4($bits128);

           This function return true if the IPv6 128 bit string is of the form

                   ::ffff:d.d.d.d

       •   $rv = isAnyIPv4($bits128);

           This function return true if the IPv6 bit string is of the form

                   ::d.d.d.d       or      ::ffff:d.d.d.d

       •   NetAddr::IP::InetBase::lower();

           Return IPv6 strings in lowercase. This is the default.

       •   NetAddr::IP::InetBase::upper();

           Return IPv6 strings in uppercase.

           The default may be set to uppercase when the module is loaded by invoking the TAG
           :upper. i.e.

                   use NetAddr::IP::InetBase qw( :upper );

       •   $constant = AF_INET;

           This function returns the system value for AF_INET.

       •   $constant = AF_INET6;

           AF_INET6 is sometimes present in the Socket library and always present in the Socket6
           library. When the Socket library does not contain AF_INET6 and when Socket6 is not
           present, a place holder value is "guessed" based on the underlying host operating
           system. See fake_AF_INET6 below.

           NOTE: inet_pton, inet_ntop and AF_INET6 come from the Socket6 library if it is present
           on this host.

       •   $trueif = fake_AF_INET6;

           This function return FALSE if AF_INET6 is provided by Socket or Socket6. Otherwise, it
           returns the best guess value based on name of the host operating system.

       •   $ip_filled = fillIPv4($shortIP);

           This function converts IPv4 addresses of the form 127.1 to the long form 127.0.0.1

           If the function is passed an argument that does not match the form of an IP address,
           the original argument is returned. i.e. pass it a hostname or a short IP and it will
           return a hostname or a filled IP.

EXPORT_OK

               :upper
               inet_aton
               inet_ntoa
               ipv6_aton
               ipv6_ntoa
               ipv6_n2x
               ipv6_n2d
               inet_any2n
               inet_n2dx
               inet_n2ad
               inet_pton
               inet_ntop
               packzeros
               isIPv4
               isNewIPv4
               isAnyIPv4
               AF_INET
               AF_INET6
               fake_AF_INET6
               fillIPv4

%EXPORT_TAGS

               :all
               :ipv4
               :ipv6
               :upper

AUTHOR

       Michael Robinton <michael@bizsystems.com>

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright 2003 - 2012, Michael Robinton <michael@bizsystems.com>

       All rights reserved.

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of
       either:

         a) the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
         Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any
         later version, or

         b) the "Artistic License" which comes with this distribution.

       This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
       without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
       See either the GNU General Public License or the Artistic License for more details.

       You should have received a copy of the Artistic License with this distribution, in the
       file named "Artistic".  If not, I'll be glad to provide one.

       You should also have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this
       program in the file named "Copying". If not, write to the

               Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
               51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor
               Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA

       or visit their web page on the internet at:

               http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html.

AUTHOR

       Michael Robinton <michael@bizsystems.com>

SEE ALSO

       NetAddr::IP(3), NetAddr::IP::Lite(3), NetAddr::IP::Util(3)