netdev - Re: [PATCH] parse ip:port strings correctly in in4

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Date:	Mon, 16 Apr 2007 11:32:31 +0200
From:	"Jerome Borsboom" <j.borsboom@...smusmc.nl>
To:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] parse ip:port strings correctly in in4_pton

> Jerome Borsboom wrote:
> > in4_pton converts a textual representation of an ip4 address into an
> > integer representation. However, when the textual representation is of
> > in the form ip:port, c.f. 192.168.1.1:5060, and 'delim' is set to -1,
> > the function bails out when parsing the colon.
> > 
> > It makes sense to allow the colon as a delimiting character without
> > explicitly having to set it through the 'delim' variable as there can be
> > no ambiguity in the point where the ip address is completely parsed.
> > Furthermore, this function is indeed called from nf_conntrack_sip.c in
> > this way to parse textual ip:port combinations which fails as stated above.
> 
> 
> What about IPv6? in6_pton behaves similar and is also used by
> nf_conntrack_sip.
> 

Don't think that in6_pton should be changed as a colon is the 
separator within the address. Maybe in6_pton should be changed to 
also parse IPv6 URI addresses of the form '[ipv6-addres]:port' which 
it currently cannot handle.
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