On Wed, Jul 06, 2011 at 10:07:28AM -0500, Noel Jones wrote:
> On 7/6/2011 8:45 AM, Duane Hill wrote:
>
> >> Yes, this should be added to the top of the file, except the
> >> v6 bypass expression needs to be improved.
> >
> >> I would assume that no one else is using this with ipv6 since
> >> the offending rule will match any address ending with
> >> letter+number.
> >
> > A quick search on the web I found this for IPv6 (all on one line):
> >
> > /^(((?=(?>.*?::)(?!.*::)))(::)?(([0-9A-F]{1,4})::?){0,5}|((?5):){6})(\2((?5)(::?
> > |$)){0,2}|((25[0-5]|(2[0-4]|1[0-9]|[1-9])?[0-9])(\.|$)){4}|(?5):(?5))(?<![^:]:|\
> > .)\z/i
> >
> >
>
> Well, that certainly looks impressive. This is more in line
> with what I was expecting; ipv6 syntax is considerably more
> complex than v4. But does it work? I don't have time for
> testing right now.
>
> If it seems to work reliably, just add that rule with a DUNNO
> near the top of the file.
Are you implying that this monster is somehow more performing, elegant or
readble than a simple colon check? Is it even possible to have a colon in a
legal working DNS hostname? I think this is f***** the dot.. :)
