1Data::Validate::IP(3) User Contributed Perl DocumentationData::Validate::IP(3)
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6 Data::Validate::IP - IPv4 and IPv6 validation methods
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9 version 0.31
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12 use Data::Validate::IP qw(is_ipv4 is_ipv6);
13 my $suspect = '1.2.3.4';
15 if (is_ipv4($suspect)) {
16 print "Looks like an IPv4 address";
17 }
18 else {
19 print "Not an IPv4 address\n";
20 }
21 $suspect = '::1234';
23 if (is_ipv6($suspect)) {
24 print "Looks like an IPv6 address";
25 }
26 else {
27 print "Not an IPv6 address\n";
28 }
29
31 This module provides a number IP address validation subs that both
32 validate and untaint their input. This includes both basic validation
33 (is_ipv4() and is_ipv6()) and special cases like checking whether an
34 address belongs to a specific network or whether an address is public
35 or private (reserved).
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38 It's important to understand that if is_ipv4($ip), is_ipv6($ip), or
39 is_ip($ip) return false, then all other validation functions for that
40 IP address family will also return false. So for example, if
41 is_ipv4($ip) returns false, then is_private_ipv4($ip) and
42 is_public_ipv4($ip) will both also return false.
43 This means that simply calling is_private_ipv4($ip) by itself is not
45 sufficient if you are dealing with untrusted input. You should always
46 check is_ipv4($ip) as well. This applies as well when using IPv6
47 functions or generic functions like is_private_ip($ip).
48 There are security implications to this around certain oddly formed
50 addresses. Notably, an address like "010.0.0.1" is technically valid,
51 but the operating system will treat "010" as an octal number. That
52 means that "010.0.0.1" is equivalent to "8.0.0.1", not "10.0.0.1".
53 However, this module's is_ipv4($ip) and is_ip($ip) functions will
55 return false for addresses like "010.0.0.1" which have octal
56 components. And of course that means that it also returns false for
57 is_private_ipv4($ip) and is_public_ipv4($ip).
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60 All of the functions below are exported by default.
61 All functions return an untainted value if the test passes and undef if
63 it fails. In theory, this means that you should always check for a
64 defined status explicitly but in practice there are no valid IP
65 addresses where the string form evaluates to false in Perl.
66 Note that none of these functions actually attempt to test whether the
68 given IP address is routable from your device; they are purely semantic
69 checks.
70 is_ipv4($ip), is_ipv6($ip), is_ip($ip)
72 These functions simply check whether the address is a valid IPv4 or
73 IPv6 address.
74 is_innet_ipv4($ip, $network)
76 This subroutine checks whether the address belongs to the given IPv4
77 network. The $network argument can either be a string in CIDR notation
78 like "15.0.15.0/24" or a NetAddr::IP object.
79 This subroutine used to accept many more forms of network
81 specifications (anything Net::Netmask accepts) but this has been
82 deprecated.
83 is_unroutable_ipv4($ip)
85 This subroutine checks whether the address belongs to any of several
86 special use IPv4 networks - "0.0.0.0/8", "100.64.0.0/10",
87 "192.0.0.0/29", "198.18.0.0/15", "240.0.0.0/4" - as defined by RFC 5735
88 <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5735>, RFC 6333
89 <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6333>, and RFC 6958
90 <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6598>.
91 Arguably, these should be broken down further but this subroutine will
93 always exist for backwards compatibility.
94 is_private_ipv4($ip)
96 This subroutine checks whether the address belongs to any of the
97 private IPv4 networks - "10.0.0.0/8", "172.16.0.0/12", "192.168.0.0/16"
98 - as defined by RFC 5735 <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5735>.
99 is_loopback_ipv4($ip)
101 This subroutine checks whether the address belongs to the IPv4 loopback
102 network - "127.0.0.0/8" - as defined by RFC 5735
103 <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5735>.
104 is_linklocal_ipv4($ip)
106 This subroutine checks whether the address belongs to the IPv4 link
107 local network - "169.254.0.0/16" - as defined by RFC 5735
108 <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5735>.
109 is_testnet_ipv4($ip)
111 This subroutine checks whether the address belongs to any of the IPv4
112 TEST-NET networks for use in documentation and example code -
113 "192.0.2.0/24", "198.51.100.0/24", and "203.0.113.0/24" - as defined by
114 RFC 5735 <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5735>.
115 is_anycast_ipv4($ip)
117 This subroutine checks whether the address belongs to the 6to4 relay
118 anycast network - "192.88.99.0/24" - as defined by RFC 5735
119 <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5735>.
120 is_multicast_ipv4($ip)
122 This subroutine checks whether the address belongs to the IPv4
123 multicast network - "224.0.0.0/4" - as defined by RFC 5735
124 <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5735>.
125 is_loopback_ipv6($ip)
127 This subroutine checks whether the address is the IPv6 loopback address
128 - "::1/128" - as defined by RFC 4291
129 <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4291>.
130 is_ipv4_mapped_ipv6($ip)
132 This subroutine checks whether the address belongs to the IPv6
133 IPv4-mapped address network - "::ffff:0:0/96" - as defined by RFC 4291
134 <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4291>.
135 is_discard_ipv6($ip)
137 This subroutine checks whether the address belongs to the IPv6 discard
138 prefix network - "100::/64" - as defined by RFC 6666
139 <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6666>.
140 is_special_ipv6($ip)
142 This subroutine checks whether the address belongs to the IPv6 special
143 network - "2001::/23" - as defined by RFC 2928
144 <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2928>.
145 is_teredo_ipv6($ip)
147 This subroutine checks whether the address belongs to the IPv6 TEREDO
148 network - "2001::/32" - as defined by RFC 4380
149 <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4380>.
150 Note that this network is a subnet of the larger special network at
152 "2001::/23".
153 is_orchid_ipv6($ip)
155 This subroutine checks whether the address belongs to the IPv6 ORCHID
156 network - "2001::/32" - as defined by RFC 4380
157 <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4380>.
158 Note that this network is a subnet of the larger special network at
160 "2001::/23".
161 This network is currently scheduled to be returned to the special pool
163 in March of 2014 unless the IETF extends its use. If that happens this
164 subroutine will continue to exist but will always return false.
165 is_documentation_ipv6($ip)
167 This subroutine checks whether the address belongs to the IPv6
168 documentation network - "2001:DB8::/32" - as defined by RFC 3849
169 <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3849>.
170 is_unspecified_ipv6($ip)
172 This subroutine checks whether the address belongs to the IPv6
173 unspecified network - "::0/128" - as defined by RFC 4291
174 <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4291>.. Note that the address in this
175 subnet is neither private nor public.
176 is_private_ipv6($ip)
178 This subroutine checks whether the address belongs to the IPv6 private
179 network - "FC00::/7" - as defined by RFC 4193
180 <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4193>.
181 is_linklocal_ipv6($ip)
183 This subroutine checks whether the address belongs to the IPv6 link-
184 local unicast network - "FE80::/10" - as defined by RFC 4291
185 <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4291>.
186 is_multicast_ipv6($ip)
188 This subroutine checks whether the address belongs to the IPv6
189 multicast network - "FF00::/8" - as defined by RFC 4291
190 <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4291>.
191 is_public_ipv4($ip), is_public_ipv6($ip), is_public_ip($ip)
193 These subroutines check whether the given IP address belongs to any of
194 the special case networks defined previously. Note that this is not
195 simply the opposite of checking is_private_ipv4() or is_private_ipv6().
196 The private networks are a subset of all the special case networks.
197 is_linklocal_ip($ip)
199 This subroutine checks whether the address belongs to the IPv4 or IPv6
200 link-local unicast network.
201 is_loopback_ip($ip)
203 This subroutine checks whether the address is the IPv4 or IPv6 loopback
204 address.
205 is_multicast_ip($ip)
207 This subroutine checks whether the address belongs to the IPv4 or IPv6
208 multicast network.
209 is_private_ip($ip)
211 This subroutine checks whether the address belongs to the IPv4 or IPv6
212 private network.
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215 This module can also be used as a class. You can call
216 "Data::Validate::IP->new()" to get an object and then call any of the
217 validation subroutines as methods on that object. This is somewhat
218 pointless since the object will never contain any state but this
219 interface is kept for backwards compatibility.
220
222 IPv4
223 [RFC 5735] [RFC 1918]
225 IPv6
227 [RFC 2460] [RFC 4193] [RFC 4291] [RFC 6434]
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231 Thanks to Richard Sonnen <sonnen@richardsonnen.com> for writing the
232 Data::Validate module.
233 Thanks to Matt Dainty <matt@bodgit-n-scarper.com> for adding the
235 is_multicast_ipv4() and is_linklocal_ipv4() code.
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238 Please report any bugs or feature requests to
239 "bug-data-validate-ip@rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at
240 <http://rt.cpan.org>. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically
241 be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.
242 Bugs may be submitted at
244 <https://github.com/houseabsolute/Data-Validate-IP/issues>.
245
247 The source code repository for Data-Validate-IP can be found at
248 <https://github.com/houseabsolute/Data-Validate-IP>.
249
251 • Neil Neely <neil@neely.cx>
252 • Dave Rolsky <autarch@urth.org>
254
256 Gregory Oschwald <goschwald@maxmind.com>
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259 This software is copyright (c) 2022 by Neil Neely.
260 This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
262 the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
263 The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included
265 with this distribution.
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