NetAddr::IP::Lite - Manages IPv4 and IPv6 addresses and subnets


NetAddr-IP documentation Contained in the NetAddr-IP distribution.

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NAME

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NetAddr::IP::Lite - Manages IPv4 and IPv6 addresses and subnets

SYNOPSIS

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  use NetAddr::IP::Lite qw(
	Zeros
	Ones
	V4mask
	V4net
	:aton		DEPRECATED !
	:old_nth
	:upper
	:lower
  );

  my $ip = new NetAddr::IP::Lite '127.0.0.1';
	or from a packed IPv4 address
  my $ip = new_from_aton NetAddr::IP::Lite (inet_aton('127.0.0.1'));
	or from an octal filtered IPv4 address
  my $ip = new_no NetAddr::IP::Lite '127.012.0.0';

  print "The address is ", $ip->addr, " with mask ", $ip->mask, "\n" ;

  if ($ip->within(new NetAddr::IP::Lite "127.0.0.0", "255.0.0.0")) {
      print "Is a loopback address\n";
  }

				# This prints 127.0.0.1/32
  print "You can also say $ip...\n";

  The following four functions return ipV6 representations of:

  ::					   = Zeros();
  FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF  = Ones();
  FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF::	   = V4mask();
  ::FFFF:FFFF				   = V4net();

INSTALLATION

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

	perl Makefile.PL
	make
	make test
	make install

NetAddr::IP::Lite depends on NetAddr::IP::Util which installs by default with its primary functions compiled using Perl's XS extensions to build a 'C' library. If you do not have a 'C' complier available or would like the slower Pure Perl version for some other reason, then type:

	perl Makefile.PL -noxs
	make
	make test
	make install

DESCRIPTION

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This module provides an object-oriented abstraction on top of IP addresses or IP subnets, that allows for easy manipulations. Most of the operations of NetAddr::IP are supported. This module will work older versions of Perl and does not use Math::BigInt.

* By default NetAddr::IP functions and methods return string IPv6 addresses in uppercase. To change that to lowercase:

NOTE: the AUGUST 2010 RFC5952 states:

    4.3. Lowercase

      The characters "a", "b", "c", "d", "e", and "f" in an IPv6
      address MUST be represented in lowercase.

It is recommended that all NEW applications using NetAddr::IP::Lite be invoked as shown on the next line.

  use NetAddr::IP::Lite qw(:lower);

* To ensure the current IPv6 string case behavior even if the default changes:

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




The internal representation of all IP objects is in 128 bit IPv6 notation. IPv4 and IPv6 objects may be freely mixed.

The supported operations are described below:

Overloaded Operators

Assignment (=)

Has been optimized to copy one NetAddr::IP::Lite object to another very quickly.

->copy()

The assignment (=) operation is only put in to operation when the copied object is further mutated by another overloaded operation. See overload SPECIAL SYMBOLS FOR "use overload" for details.

->copy() actually creates a new object when called.

Stringification

An object can be used just as a string. For instance, the following code

	my $ip = new NetAddr::IP::Lite '192.168.1.123';
        print "$ip\n";

Will print the string 192.168.1.123/32.

	my $ip = new6 NetAddr::IP::Lite '192.168.1.123';
	print "$ip\n";

Will print the string 0:0:0:0:0:0:C0A8:17B/128

Equality

You can test for equality with either eq, ne, == or !=. eq, ne allows the comparison with arbitrary strings as well as NetAddr::IP::Lite objects. The following example:

    if (NetAddr::IP::Lite->new('127.0.0.1','255.0.0.0') eq '127.0.0.1/8')
       { print "Yes\n"; }

Will print out "Yes".

Comparison with == and != requires both operands to be NetAddr::IP::Lite objects.

Comparison via >, <, >=, <=, <=> and cmp

Internally, all network objects are represented in 128 bit format. The numeric representation of the network is compared through the corresponding operation. Comparisons are tried first on the address portion of the object and if that is equal then the NUMERIC cidr portion of the masks are compared. This leads to the counterintuitive result that

        /24 > /16

Comparison should not be done on netaddr objects with different CIDR as this may produce indeterminate - unexpected results, rather the determination of which netblock is larger or smaller should be done by comparing

        $ip1->masklen <=> $ip2->masklen

Addition of a constant (+)

Add a 32 bit signed constant to the address part of a NetAddr object. This operation changes the address part to point so many hosts above the current objects start address. For instance, this code:

    print NetAddr::IP::Lite->new('127.0.0.1/8') + 5;

will output 127.0.0.6/8. The address will wrap around at the broadcast back to the network address. This code:

    print NetAddr::IP::Lite->new('10.0.0.1/24') + 255;

outputs 10.0.0.0/24.

Returns the the unchanged object when the constant is missing or out of range.

    2147483647 <= constant >= -2147483648

Subtraction of a constant (-)

The complement of the addition of a constant.

Difference (-)

Returns the difference between the address parts of two NetAddr::IP::Lite objects address parts as a 32 bit signed number.

Returns undef if the difference is out of range.

Auto-increment

Auto-incrementing a NetAddr::IP::Lite object causes the address part to be adjusted to the next host address within the subnet. It will wrap at the broadcast address and start again from the network address.

Auto-decrement

Auto-decrementing a NetAddr::IP::Lite object performs exactly the opposite of auto-incrementing it, as you would expect.

Methods

->new([$addr, [ $mask|IPv6 ]])
->new6([$addr, [ $mask]])
->new_no([$addr, [ $mask]])
->new_from_aton($netaddr)
new_cis and new_cis6 are DEPRECATED
->new_cis("$addr $mask)
->new_cis6("$addr $mask)

The first two methods create a new address with the supplied address in $addr and an optional netmask $mask, which can be omitted to get a /32 or /128 netmask for IPv4 / IPv6 addresses respectively.

The third method new_no is exclusively for IPv4 addresses and filters improperly formatted dot quad strings for leading 0's that would normally be interpreted as octal format by NetAddr per the specifications for inet_aton.

new_from_aton takes a packed IPv4 address and assumes a /32 mask. This function replaces the DEPRECATED :aton functionality which is fundamentally broken.

The last two methods new_cis and new_cis6 differ from new and new6 only in that they except the common Cisco address notation for address/mask pairs with a space as a separator instead of a slash (/)

These methods are DEPRECATED because the functionality is now included in the other "new" methods

  i.e.  ->new_cis('1.2.3.0 24')
        or
        ->new_cis6('::1.2.3.0 120')

->new6 and ->new_cis6 mark the address as being in ipV6 address space even if the format would suggest otherwise.

  i.e.  ->new6('1.2.3.4') will result in ::102:304

  addresses submitted to ->new in ipV6 notation will
  remain in that notation permanently. i.e.
        ->new('::1.2.3.4') will result in ::102:304
  whereas new('1.2.3.4') would print out as 1.2.3.4

  See "STRINGIFICATION" below.

$addr can be almost anything that can be resolved to an IP address in all the notations I have seen over time. It can optionally contain the mask in CIDR notation. If the OPTIONAL perl module Socket6 is available in the local library it will autoload and ipV6 host6 names will be resolved as well as ipV4 hostnames.

prefix notation is understood, with the limitation that the range specified by the prefix must match with a valid subnet.

Addresses in the same format returned by inet_aton or gethostbyname can also be understood, although no mask can be specified for them. The default is to not attempt to recognize this format, as it seems to be seldom used.

###### DEPRECATED, will be remove in version 5 ############ To accept addresses in that format, invoke the module as in

  use NetAddr::IP::Lite ':aton'

###### USE new_from_aton instead ##########################

If called with no arguments, 'default' is assumed.

$addr can be any of the following and possibly more...

  n.n
  n.n/mm
  n.n mm
  n.n.n
  n.n.n/mm
  n.n.n mm
  n.n.n.n
  n.n.n.n/mm		32 bit cidr notation
  n.n.n.n mm
  n.n.n.n/m.m.m.m
  n.n.n.n m.m.m.m
  loopback, localhost, broadcast, any, default
  x.x.x.x/host
  0xABCDEF, 0b111111000101011110, (or a bcd number)
  a netaddr as returned by 'inet_aton'




Any RFC1884 notation

  ::n.n.n.n
  ::n.n.n.n/mmm		128 bit cidr notation
  ::n.n.n.n/::m.m.m.m
  ::x:x
  ::x:x/mmm
  x:x:x:x:x:x:x:x
  x:x:x:x:x:x:x:x/mmm
  x:x:x:x:x:x:x:x/m:m:m:m:m:m:m:m any RFC1884 notation
  loopback, localhost, unspecified, any, default
  ::x:x/host
  0xABCDEF, 0b111111000101011110 within the limits
  of perl's number resolution
  123456789012  a 'big' bcd number i.e. Math::BigInt

If called with no arguments, 'default' is assumed.

->broadcast()

Returns a new object referring to the broadcast address of a given subnet. The broadcast address has all ones in all the bit positions where the netmask has zero bits. This is normally used to address all the hosts in a given subnet.

->network()

Returns a new object referring to the network address of a given subnet. A network address has all zero bits where the bits of the netmask are zero. Normally this is used to refer to a subnet.

->addr()

Returns a scalar with the address part of the object as an IPv4 or IPv6 text string as appropriate. This is useful for printing or for passing the address part of the NetAddr::IP::Lite object to other components that expect an IP address. If the object is an ipV6 address or was created using ->new6($ip) it will be reported in ipV6 hex format otherwise it will be reported in dot quad format only if it resides in ipV4 address space.

->mask()

Returns a scalar with the mask as an IPv4 or IPv6 text string as described above.

->masklen()

Returns a scalar the number of one bits in the mask.

->bits()

Returns the width of the address in bits. Normally 32 for v4 and 128 for v6.

->version()

Returns the version of the address or subnet. Currently this can be either 4 or 6.

->cidr()

Returns a scalar with the address and mask in CIDR notation. A NetAddr::IP::Lite object stringifies to the result of this function. (see comments about ->new6() and ->addr() for output formats)

->aton()

Returns the address part of the NetAddr::IP::Lite object in the same format as the inet_aton() or ipv6_aton function respectively. If the object was created using ->new6($ip), the address returned will always be in ipV6 format, even for addresses in ipV4 address space.

->range()

Returns a scalar with the base address and the broadcast address separated by a dash and spaces. This is called range notation.

->numeric()

When called in a scalar context, will return a numeric representation of the address part of the IP address. When called in an array contest, it returns a list of two elements. The first element is as described, the second element is the numeric representation of the netmask.

This method is essential for serializing the representation of a subnet.

$me->contains($other)

Returns true when $me completely contains $other. False is returned otherwise and undef is returned if $me and $other are not both NetAddr::IP::Lite objects.

$me->within($other)

The complement of ->contains(). Returns true when $me is completely contained within $other, undef if $me and $other are not both NetAddr::IP::Lite objects.

->first()

Returns a new object representing the first usable IP address within the subnet (ie, the first host address).

->last()

Returns a new object representing the last usable IP address within the subnet (ie, one less than the broadcast address).

->nth($index)

Returns a new object representing the n-th usable IP address within the subnet (ie, the n-th host address). If no address is available (for example, when the network is too small for $index hosts), undef is returned.

Version 4.00 of NetAddr::IP and version 1.00 of NetAddr::IP::Lite implements ->nth($index) and ->num() exactly as the documentation states. Previous versions behaved slightly differently and not in a consistent manner.

To use the old behavior for ->nth($index) and ->num():

  use NetAddr::IP::Lite qw(:old_nth);

  old behavior:
  NetAddr::IP->new('10/32')->nth(0) == undef
  NetAddr::IP->new('10/32')->nth(1) == undef
  NetAddr::IP->new('10/31')->nth(0) == undef
  NetAddr::IP->new('10/31')->nth(1) == 10.0.0.1/31
  NetAddr::IP->new('10/30')->nth(0) == undef
  NetAddr::IP->new('10/30')->nth(1) == 10.0.0.1/30
  NetAddr::IP->new('10/30')->nth(2) == 10.0.0.2/30
  NetAddr::IP->new('10/30')->nth(3) == 10.0.0.3/30

Note that in each case, the broadcast address is represented in the output set and that the 'zero'th index is alway undef except for a point-to-point /31 or /127 network where there are exactly two addresses in the network.

  new behavior:
  NetAddr::IP->new('10/32')->nth(0)  == 10.0.0.0/32
  NetAddr::IP->new('10.1/32'->nth(0) == 10.0.0.1/32
  NetAddr::IP->new('10/31')->nth(0)  == 10.0.0.0/32
  NetAddr::IP->new('10/31')->nth(1)  == 10.0.0.1/32
  NetAddr::IP->new('10/30')->nth(0) == 10.0.0.1/30
  NetAddr::IP->new('10/30')->nth(1) == 10.0.0.2/30
  NetAddr::IP->new('10/30')->nth(2) == undef

Note that a /32 net always has 1 usable address while a /31 has exactly two usable addresses for point-to-point addressing. The first index (0) returns the address immediately following the network address except for a /31 or /127 when it return the network address.

->num()

As of version 4.42 of NetAddr::IP and version 1.27 of NetAddr::IP::Lite a /31 and /127 with return a net num value of 2 instead of 0 (zero) for point-to-point networks.

Version 4.00 of NetAddr::IP and version 1.00 of NetAddr::IP::Lite return the number of usable IP addresses within the subnet, not counting the broadcast or network address.

Previous versions worked only for ipV4 addresses, returned a maximum span of 2**32 and returned the number of IP addresses not counting the broadcast address. (one greater than the new behavior)

To use the old behavior for ->nth($index) and ->num():

  use NetAddr::IP::Lite qw(:old_nth);

WARNING:

NetAddr::IP will calculate and return a numeric string for network ranges as large as 2**128. These values are TEXT strings and perl can treat them as integers for numeric calculations.

Perl on 32 bit platforms only handles integer numbers up to 2**32 and on 64 bit platforms to 2**64.

If you wish to manipulate numeric strings returned by NetAddr::IP that are larger than 2**32 or 2**64, respectively, you must load additional modules such as Math::BigInt, bignum or some similar package to do the integer math.

EXPORT_OK

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	Zeros
	Ones
	V4mask
	V4net
	:aton		DEPRECATED
	:old_nth
	:upper
	:lower

AUTHOR

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Luis E. Muņoz <luismunoz@cpan.org>, Michael Robinton <michael@bizsystems.com>

WARRANTY

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This software comes with the same warranty as perl itself (ie, none), so by using it you accept any and all the liability.

LICENSE

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 This software is (c) Luis E. Muņoz, 1999 - 2005
 and (c) Michael Robinton, 2006 - 2010.

It can be used under the terms of the perl artistic license provided that proper credit for the work of the author is preserved in the form of this copyright notice and license for this module.

SEE ALSO

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perl(1), NetAddr::IP(3), NetAddr::IP::Util(3)


NetAddr-IP documentation Contained in the NetAddr-IP distribution.
#!/usr/bin/perl

package NetAddr::IP::Lite;

use Carp;
use strict;
#use diagnostics;
#use warnings;
use NetAddr::IP::Util qw(
	inet_any2n
	addconst
	sub128
	ipv6to4
	notcontiguous
	isIPv4
	shiftleft
	inet_n2dx
	hasbits
	bin2bcd
	bcd2bin
	inet_aton
	inet_any2n
	ipv6_aton
	ipv6_n2x
	mask4to6
	ipv4to6
	naip_gethostbyname
);

use vars qw(@ISA @EXPORT_OK $VERSION $Accept_Binary_IP $Old_nth $AUTOLOAD *Zero);

$VERSION = do { my @r = (q$Revision: 1.28 $ =~ /\d+/g); sprintf "%d."."%02d" x $#r, @r };

require Exporter;

@ISA = qw(Exporter);

@EXPORT_OK = qw(Zeros Zero Ones V4mask V4net);

# Set to true, to enable recognizing of ipV4 && ipV6 binary notation IP
# addresses. Thanks to Steve Snodgrass for reporting. This can be done
# at the time of use-ing the module. See docs for details.

$Accept_Binary_IP = 0;
$Old_nth = 0;
*Zero = \&Zeros;

# in the off chance that NetAddr::IP::Lite objects are created
# and the caller later loads NetAddr::IP and expects to use
# those objects, let the AUTOLOAD routine find and redirect
# NetAddr::IP::Lite method and subroutine calls to NetAddr::IP.
#

my $parent = 'NetAddr::IP';

# test function
#
# input:	subroutine name in NetAddr::IP
# output:	t/f	if sub name exists in NetAddr::IP namespace
#
#sub sub_exists {
#  my $other = $parent .'::';
#  return exists ${$other}{$_[0]};
#}

sub DESTROY {};

sub AUTOLOAD {
  no strict;
  my ($pkg,$func) = ($AUTOLOAD =~ /(.*)::([^:]+)$/);
  my $other = $parent .'::';

  if ($pkg =~ /^$other/o && exists ${$other}{$func}) {
    $other .= $func;
    goto &{$other};
  }

  my @stack = caller(0);

  if ( $pkg eq ref $_[0] ) {
    $other = qq|Can't locate object method "$func" via|;
  }
  else {
    $other = qq|Undefined subroutine \&$AUTOLOAD not found in|;
  }
  die $other . qq| package "$parent" or "$pkg" (did you forgot to load a module?) at $stack[1] line $stack[2].\n|;
}

# these really should be packed in Network Long order but since they are
# symmetrical, that extra internal processing can be skipped

my $_v4zero = pack('L',0);
my $_zero = pack('L4',0,0,0,0);
my $_ones = ~$_zero;
my $_v4mask = pack('L4',0xffffffff,0xffffffff,0xffffffff,0);
my $_v4net = ~ $_v4mask;

sub Zeros() {
  return $_zero;
}
sub Ones() {
  return $_ones;
}
sub V4mask() {
  return $_v4mask;
}
sub V4net() {
  return $_v4net;
}

				#############################################
				# These are the overload methods, placed here
				# for convenience.
				#############################################

use overload

    '+'		=> \&plus,

    '-'		=> \&minus,

    '++'	=> \&plusplus,

    '--'	=> \&minusminus,

    "="		=> \&copy,

    '""'	=> sub { $_[0]->cidr(); },

    'eq'	=> sub {
	my $a = (UNIVERSAL::isa($_[0],__PACKAGE__)) ? $_[0]->cidr : $_[0];
	my $b = (UNIVERSAL::isa($_[1],__PACKAGE__)) ? $_[1]->cidr : $_[1];
	$a eq $b;
    },

    'ne'	=> sub {
	my $a = (UNIVERSAL::isa($_[0],__PACKAGE__)) ? $_[0]->cidr : $_[0];
	my $b = (UNIVERSAL::isa($_[1],__PACKAGE__)) ? $_[1]->cidr : $_[1];
	$a ne $b;
    },

    '=='	=> sub {
	return 0 unless UNIVERSAL::isa($_[0],__PACKAGE__) && UNIVERSAL::isa($_[1],__PACKAGE__);
	$_[0]->cidr eq $_[1]->cidr;
    },

    '!='	=> sub {
	return 1 unless UNIVERSAL::isa($_[0],__PACKAGE__) && UNIVERSAL::isa($_[1],__PACKAGE__);
	$_[0]->cidr ne $_[1]->cidr;
    },

    '>'		=> sub {
	return &comp_addr_mask > 0 ? 1 : 0;
    },

    '<'		=> sub {
	return &comp_addr_mask < 0 ? 1 : 0;
    },

    '>='	=> sub {
	return &comp_addr_mask < 0 ? 0 : 1;
    },

    '<='	=> sub {
	return &comp_addr_mask > 0 ? 0 : 1;
    },

    '<=>'	=> \&comp_addr_mask,

    'cmp'	=> \&comp_addr_mask;

sub comp_addr_mask {
  my($c,$rv) = sub128($_[0]->{addr},$_[1]->{addr});
  return -1 unless $c;
  return 1 if hasbits($rv);
  ($c,$rv) = sub128($_[0]->{mask},$_[1]->{mask});
  return -1 unless $c;
  return hasbits($rv) ? 1 : 0;
}

#sub comp_addr {
#  my($c,$rv) = sub128($_[0]->{addr},$_[1]->{addr});
#  return -1 unless $c;
#  return hasbits($rv) ? 1 : 0;
#}

sub copy {
	return _new($_[0],$_[0]->{addr}, $_[0]->{mask});
}

sub plus {
    my $ip	= shift;
    my $const	= shift;

    return $ip unless $const &&
		$const < 2147483648 &&
		$const > -2147483649;

    my $a = $ip->{addr};
    my $m = $ip->{mask};

    my $lo = $a & ~$m;
    my $hi = $a & $m;

    my $new = ((addconst($lo,$const))[1] & ~$m) | $hi;

    return _new($ip,$new,$m);
}

my $_smsk = pack('L3N',0xffffffff,0xffffffff,0xffffffff,0x80000000);

sub minus {
    my $ip	= shift;
    my $arg	= shift;
    unless (ref $arg) {
	return plus($ip, -$arg);
    }
    my($carry,$dif) = sub128($ip->{addr},$arg->{addr});
    if ($carry) {					# value is positive
	return undef if hasbits($dif & $_smsk);		# all sign bits should be 0's
	return (unpack('L3N',$dif))[3];
    } else {
	return undef if hasbits(($dif & $_smsk) ^ $_smsk);	# sign is 1's
	return (unpack('L3N',$dif))[3] - 4294967296;
    }
}

				# Auto-increment an object

sub plusplus {
    my $ip	= shift;

    my $a = $ip->{addr};
    my $m = $ip->{mask};

    my $lo = $a & ~ $m;
    my $hi = $a & $m;

    $ip->{addr} = ((addconst($lo,1))[1] & ~ $m) | $hi;
    return $ip;
}

sub minusminus {
    my $ip	= shift;

    my $a = $ip->{addr};
    my $m = $ip->{mask};

    my $lo = $a & ~$m;
    my $hi = $a & $m;

    $ip->{addr} = ((addconst($lo,-1))[1] & ~$m) | $hi;
    return $ip;
}

				#############################################
				# End of the overload methods.
				#############################################

# Preloaded methods go here.

				# This is a variant to ->new() that
				# creates and blesses a new object
				# without the fancy parsing of
				# IP formats and shorthands.

# return a blessed IP object without parsing
# input:	prototype, naddr, nmask
# returns:	blessed IP object
#
sub _new ($$$) {
  my $proto = shift;
  my $class = ref($proto) || die "reference required";
  $proto = $proto->{isv6};
  my $self = {
	addr	=> $_[0],
	mask	=> $_[1],
	isv6	=> $proto,
  };
  return bless $self, $class;
}

my %fip4 = (
        default         => Zeros,
        any             => Zeros,
        broadcast       => inet_any2n('255.255.255.255'),
        loopback        => inet_any2n('127.0.0.1'),
	unspecified	=> undef,
);
my %fip4m = (
        default         => Zeros,
        any             => Zeros,
        broadcast       => Ones,
        loopback        => mask4to6(inet_aton('255.0.0.0')),
	unspecified	=> undef,	# not applicable for ipV4
	host		=> Ones,
);

my %fip6 = (
	default         => Zeros,
	any             => Zeros,
	broadcast       => undef,	# not applicable for ipV6
	loopback        => inet_any2n('::1'),
	unspecified     => Zeros,
);

my %fip6m = (
	default         => Zeros,
	any             => Zeros,
	broadcast       => undef,	# not applicable for ipV6
	loopback        => Ones,
	unspecified     => Ones,
	host		=> Ones,
);

my $ff000000 = pack('L3N',0xffffffff,0xffffffff,0xffffffff,0xFF000000);
my $ffff0000 = pack('L3N',0xffffffff,0xffffffff,0xffffffff,0xFFFF0000);
my $ffffff00 = pack('L3N',0xffffffff,0xffffffff,0xffffffff,0xFFFFFF00);

sub _obits ($$) {
    my($lo,$hi) = @_;

    return 0xFF if $lo == $hi;
    return (~ ($hi ^ $lo)) & 0xFF;
}

sub new_no($;$$) {
  unshift @_, -1;
  goto &_xnew;
}

sub new($;$$) {
  unshift @_, 0;
  goto &_xnew;
}

sub new_from_aton($$) {
  my $proto     = shift;
  my $class = ref $proto || $proto || __PACKAGE__;
  my $ip = shift;
  return undef unless defined $ip;
  my $addrlen = length($ip);
  return undef unless $addrlen == 4;
  my $self = {
	addr    => ipv4to6($ip),
	mask    => &Ones,
	isv6    => 0,
  };
  return bless $self, $class;
}

sub new6($;$$) {
  unshift @_, 1;
  goto &_xnew;
}

sub new_cis($;$$) {
  my @in = @_;
  if ( $in[1] && $in[1] =~ m!^(.+)\s+(.+)$! ) {
    $in[1] = $1 .'/'. $2;
  }
  @_ = (0,@in);
  goto &_xnew;
}

sub new_cis6($;$$) {
  my @in = @_;
  if ( $in[1] && $in[1] =~ m!^(.+)\s+(.+)$! ) {
    $in[1] = $1 .'/'. $2;
  }
  @_ = (1,@in);
  goto &_xnew;
}

sub _no_octal {
  $_[0] =~ m/^(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)$/;
  return sprintf("%d.%d.%d.%d",$1,$2,$3,$4);
}

sub _xnew($$;$$) {
  my $noctal	= 0;
  my $isV6	= shift;
  if ($isV6 < 0) {		# flag for no octal?
    $isV6	= 0;
    $noctal	= 1;
  }
  my $proto	= shift;
  my $class	= ref $proto || $proto || __PACKAGE__;
  my $ip	= lc shift;
  $ip = 'default' unless defined $ip;
  my $hasmask = 1;
  my($mask,$tmp);

  while (1) {
    unless (@_) {
#      if ($ip =~ m!^(.+)/(.+)$!) {
      if ($ip =~ m!^([a-z0-9.:-]+)(?:/|\s+)([a-z0-9.:-]+)$!) {
	$ip	= $1;
	$mask	= $2;
      } elsif (grep($ip eq $_,qw(default any broadcast loopback unspecified))) {
	$isV6 = 1 if $ip eq 'unspecified';
	if ($isV6) {
	  $mask = $fip6m{$ip};
	  return undef unless defined ($ip = $fip6{$ip});
	} else {
	  $mask	= $fip4m{$ip};
	  return undef unless defined ($ip = $fip4{$ip});
	}
	last;
      }
    }
    elsif (defined $_[0]) {
      if ($_[0] =~ /ipv6/i || $isV6) {
	if (grep($ip eq $_,qw(default any loopback unspecified))) {
	  $mask	= $fip6m{$ip};
	  $ip	= $fip6{$ip};
	  last;
	} else {
	  return undef unless $isV6;
        }
      } else {
	$mask = lc $_[0];
      }
    }
    unless (defined $mask) {
      $hasmask	= 0;
      $mask	= 'host';
    }

# parse mask
    if ($mask =~ /^(\d+)$/) {
      my $mval = $1;
      if (! $isV6 && index($ip,':') < 0) {	# is ipV4
	if ($mval == 32) {				# cidr 32
	  $mask = Ones;
	}
	elsif ($mask < 32) {			# small cidr
	  $mask = shiftleft(Ones,32 -$mval);
	} else {				# is a binary mask
	  $mask = pack('L3N',0xffffffff,0xffffffff,0xffffffff,$mval);
	}
      } else {					# is ipV6
	$isV6	= 1;
	if ($mval == 128) {			# cidr 128
	  $mask = Ones;
	}
	elsif (index($ip,':') < 0) {	# corner case of ipV4 with new6
	  $mask = shiftleft(Ones,32 -$mval);
	}
	elsif ($mask < 128) {			# small cidr
	  $mask = shiftleft(Ones,128 -$mval);
	} else {				# is a binary mask
	  $mask = bcd2bin($mval);
	}
      }
    } elsif ($mask =~ m/^\d+\.\d+\.\d+\.\d+$/) { # ipv4 form of mask
      $mask = _no_octal($mask) if $noctal;	# filter for octal
      return undef unless defined ($mask = inet_aton($mask));
      $mask = mask4to6($mask);
    } elsif (grep($mask eq $_,qw(default any broadcast loopback unspecified host))) {
      if (index($ip,':') < 0 && ! $isV6) {
	return undef unless defined ($mask = $fip4m{$mask});
      } else {
	return undef unless defined ($mask = $fip6m{$mask});
      }
    } else {
      return undef unless defined ($mask = ipv6_aton($mask));	# try ipv6 form of mask
    }

# parse IP

    if (index($ip,':') < 0) {				# ipv4 address
      if ($ip =~ m/^(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)$/) {
	;	# the common case
      }
      elsif (grep($ip eq $_,qw(default any broadcast loopback))) {
	return undef unless defined ($ip = $fip4{$ip});
	last;
      }
      elsif ($ip =~ m/^(\d+)\.(\d+)$/) {
	$ip = ($hasmask)
		? "${1}.${2}.0.0"
		: "${1}.0.0.${2}";
      }
      elsif ($ip =~ m/^(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)$/) {
	$ip = ($hasmask)
		? "${1}.${2}.${3}.0"
		: "${1}.${2}.0.${3}";
      }
      elsif ($ip =~ /^(\d+)$/ && $hasmask && $1 >= 0 and $1 < 256) { # pure numeric
	$ip = sprintf("%d.0.0.0",$1);
      }
      elsif ($ip =~ /^\d+$/ && !$hasmask) {	# a big integer
	$ip = bcd2bin($ip);
	last;
      }
      elsif ($ip =~ /^0[xb]\d+$/ && $hasmask &&
		(($tmp = eval "$ip") || 1) &&
		$tmp >= 0 && $tmp < 256) {
        $ip = sprintf("%d.0.0.0",$tmp);
      }
      elsif ($ip =~ /^-?\d+$/) {
	$ip += 2 ** 32 if $ip < 0;
	$ip = pack('L3N',0,0,0,$ip);
	last;
      }
      elsif ($ip =~ /^-?0[xb]\d+$/) {
	$ip = eval "$ip";
	$ip = pack('L3N',0,0,0,$ip);
	last;
      }

#	notations below include an implicit mask specification

      elsif ($ip =~ m/^(\d+)\.$/) {
	$ip = "${1}.0.0.0";
	$mask = $ff000000;
      }
      elsif ($ip =~ m/^(\d+)\.(\d+)-(\d+)\.?$/ && $2 <= $3 && $3 < 256) {
	$ip = "${1}.${2}.0.0";
	$mask = pack('L3C4',0xffffffff,0xffffffff,0xffffffff,255,_obits($2,$3),0,0);
      }
      elsif ($ip =~ m/^(\d+)-(\d+)\.?$/ and $1 <= $2 && $2 < 256) {
	$ip = "${1}.0.0.0";
	$mask = pack('L3C4',0xffffffff,0xffffffff,0xffffffff,_obits($1,$2),0,0,0)
      }
      elsif ($ip =~ m/^(\d+)\.(\d+)\.$/) {
	$ip = "${1}.${2}.0.0";
	$mask = $ffff0000;
      }
      elsif ($ip =~ m/^(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)-(\d+)\.?$/ && $3 <= $4 && $4 < 256) {
	$ip = "${1}.${2}.${3}.0";
	$mask = pack('L3C4',0xffffffff,0xffffffff,0xffffffff,255,255,_obits($3,$4),0);
      }
      elsif ($ip =~ m/^(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)\.$/) {
	$ip = "${1}.${2}.${3}.0";
	$mask = $ffffff00;
      }
      elsif ($ip =~ m/^(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)-(\d+)$/ && $4 <= $5 && $5 < 256) {
	$ip = "${1}.${2}.${3}.${4}";
	$mask = pack('L3C4',0xffffffff,0xffffffff,0xffffffff,255,255,255,_obits($4,$5));
      }
      elsif ($ip =~ m/^(\d+\.\d+\.\d+\.\d+)
				\s*-\s*(\d+\.\d+\.\d+\.\d+)$/x) {
	if ($noctal) {
	  return undef unless ($ip = inet_aton(_no_octal($1)));
	  return undef unless ($tmp = inet_aton(_no_octal($2)));
	} else {
	  return undef unless ($ip = inet_aton($1));
	  return undef unless ($tmp = inet_aton($2));
	}
# check for left side greater than right side
# save numeric difference in $mask
	return undef if ($tmp = unpack('N',$tmp) - unpack('N',$ip)) < 0;
	$ip = ipv4to6($ip);
	$tmp = pack('L3N',0,0,0,$tmp);
	$mask = ~$tmp;
	return undef if notcontiguous($mask);
# check for non-aligned left side
	return undef if hasbits($ip & $tmp);
	last;
      }
# check for resolvable IPv4 hosts
      elsif ($ip !~ /[^a-zA-Z0-9\.-]/ && ($tmp = gethostbyname($ip)) && $tmp ne $_v4zero && $tmp ne $_zero ) {
	$ip = ipv4to6($tmp);
	last;
      }
# check for resolvable IPv6 hosts
      elsif ($ip !~ /[^a-zA-Z0-9\.-]/ && ($tmp = naip_gethostbyname($ip))) {
	$ip = $tmp;
	$isV6 = 1;
	last;
      }
      elsif ($Accept_Binary_IP && ! $hasmask) {
	if (length($ip) == 4) {
	  $ip = ipv4to6($ip);
	} elsif (length($ip) == 16) {
	  $isV6 = 1;
	} else {
	  return undef;
	}
	last;
      } else {
	return undef;
      }
      return undef unless defined ($ip = inet_aton($ip));
      $ip = ipv4to6($ip);
      last;
    }
########## continuing
    else {						# ipv6 address
      $isV6 = 1;
      if (defined ($tmp = ipv6_aton($ip))) {
	$ip = $tmp;
	last;
      }
      last if grep($ip eq $_,qw(default any loopback unspecified)) &&
		defined ($ip = $fip6{$ip});
      return undef;
    }
  } # end while (1)

  return undef if notcontiguous($mask);			# invalid if not contiguous

  my $self = {
	addr	=> $ip,
	mask	=> $mask,
	isv6	=> $isV6,
  };
  return bless $self, $class;
}

sub broadcast ($) {
  my $ip = _new($_[0],$_[0]->{addr} | ~$_[0]->{mask},$_[0]->{mask});
  $ip->{addr} &= V4net unless $ip->{isv6};
  return $ip;
}

sub network ($) {
  return _new($_[0],$_[0]->{addr} & $_[0]->{mask},$_[0]->{mask});
}

sub addr ($) {
  return ($_[0]->{isv6})
	? ipv6_n2x($_[0]->{addr})
	: inet_n2dx($_[0]->{addr});
}

sub mask ($) {
  return ipv6_n2x($_[0]->{mask}) if $_[0]->{isv6};
  my $mask = isIPv4($_[0]->{addr})
	? $_[0]->{mask} & V4net
	: $_[0]->{mask};
  return inet_n2dx($mask);
}

sub masklen ($) {
  my $len = (notcontiguous($_[0]->{mask}))[1];
  return 0 unless $len;
  return $len if $_[0]->{isv6};
  return isIPv4($_[0]->{addr})
	? $len -96
	: $len;
}

sub bits {
  return $_[0]->{isv6} ? 128 : 32;
}

sub version {
  my $self = shift;
  return $self->{isv6} ? 6 : 4;
}

sub cidr ($) {
  return $_[0]->addr . '/' . $_[0]->masklen;
}

sub aton {
  return $_[0]->{addr} if $_[0]->{isv6};
  return isIPv4($_[0]->{addr})
	? ipv6to4($_[0]->{addr})
	: $_[0]->{addr};
}

sub range ($) {
  return $_[0]->network->addr . ' - ' . $_[0]->broadcast->addr;
}

sub numeric ($) {
  if (wantarray) {
    if (! $_[0]->{isv6} && isIPv4($_[0]->{addr})) {
      return (	sprintf("%u",unpack('N',ipv6to4($_[0]->{addr}))),
		sprintf("%u",unpack('N',ipv6to4($_[0]->{mask}))));
    }
    else {
      return (	bin2bcd($_[0]->{addr}),
		bin2bcd($_[0]->{mask}));
    }
  }
  return (! $_[0]->{isv6} && isIPv4($_[0]->{addr}))
    ? sprintf("%u",unpack('N',ipv6to4($_[0]->{addr})))
    : bin2bcd($_[0]->{addr});
}

sub contains ($$) {
  return within(@_[1,0]);
}

sub within ($$) {
  return 1 unless hasbits($_[1]->{mask});	# 0x0 contains everything
  my $netme	= $_[0]->{addr} & $_[0]->{mask};
  my $brdme	= $_[0]->{addr} | ~ $_[0]->{mask};
  my $neto	= $_[1]->{addr} & $_[1]->{mask};
  my $brdo	= $_[1]->{addr} | ~ $_[1]->{mask};
  return (sub128($netme,$neto) && sub128($brdo,$brdme))
	? 1 : 0;
}

my $_cidr127 = pack('N4',0xffffffff,0xffffffff,0xffffffff,0xfffffffe);

sub first ($) {
  if (hasbits($_[0]->{mask} ^ $_cidr127)) {
    return $_[0]->network + 1;
  } else {
    return $_[0]->network;
  }
#  return $_[0]->network + 1;
}

sub last ($) {
  if (hasbits($_[0]->{mask} ^ $_cidr127)) {
    return $_[0]->broadcast - 1;
  } else {
    return $_[0]->broadcast;
  }
#  return $_[0]->broadcast - 1;
}

sub nth ($$) {
  my $self    = shift;
  my $count   = shift;

  my $slash31 = ! hasbits($self->{mask} ^ $_cidr127);
  if ($Old_nth) {
    return undef if $slash31 && $count != 1;
    return undef if ($count < 1 or $count > $self->num ());
  }
  elsif ($slash31) {
    return undef if ($count && $count != 1);	# only index 0, 1 allowed for /31
  } else {
    ++$count;
    return undef if ($count < 1 or $count > $self->num ());
  }
  return $self->network + $count;
}

sub num ($) {
  if ($Old_nth) {
    my @net = unpack('L3N',$_[0]->{mask} ^ Ones);
# number of ip's less broadcast
    return 0xfffffffe if $net[0] || $net[1] || $net[2]; # 2**32 -1
    return $net[3] if $net[3];
  } else {	# returns 1 for /32 /128, 2 for /31 /127 else n-2 up to 2**32
    (undef, my $net) = addconst($_[0]->{mask},1);
    return 1 unless hasbits($net);	# ipV4/32 or ipV6/128
    $net = $net ^ Ones;
    return 2 unless hasbits($net);	# ipV4/31 or ipV6/127
    return bin2bcd($net);
  }
}

# deprecated
#sub num ($) {
#  my @net = unpack('L3N',$_[0]->{mask} ^ Ones);
#  if ($Old_nth) {
## number of ip's less broadcast
#    return 0xfffffffe if $net[0] || $net[1] || $net[2]; # 2**32 -1
#    return $net[3] if $net[3];
#  } else {	# returns 1 for /32 /128, 0 for /31 /127 else n-2 up to 2**32
## number of usable IP's === number of ip's less broadcast & network addys
#    return 0xfffffffd if $net[0] || $net[1] || $net[2]; # 2**32 -2
#    return 1 unless $net[3];
#    $net[3]--;
#  }
#  return $net[3];
#}

sub import {
  if (grep { $_ eq ':aton' } @_) {
    $Accept_Binary_IP = 1;
    @_ = grep { $_ ne ':aton' } @_;
  }
  if (grep { $_ eq ':old_nth' } @_) {
    $Old_nth = 1;
    @_ = grep { $_ ne ':old_nth' } @_;
  }
  if (grep { $_ eq ':lower' } @_)
  {
    NetAddr::IP::Util::lower();
    @_ = grep { $_ ne ':lower' } @_;
  }
  if (grep { $_ eq ':upper' } @_)
  {
    NetAddr::IP::Util::upper();
    @_ = grep { $_ ne ':upper' } @_;
  }
  NetAddr::IP::Lite->export_to_level(1, @_);
}

1;