undefined method `private?' for #<IPAddress::IPv6:0x00000112b61648>

[tetherit]

Why is there no "private?" method for IPv6 addresses? - this is annoying because I have to manually check if the object responds to :private before calling it :(

[msimkins]

There is no real definition of a 'private' address in IPv6, you have Global, Unique Local (ULA) blocks which could be thought of a 'private', or Multicast. In fact the IPv4 definition of 'Private' (RFC1918) is only private by the fact that no ISPs route them (although you do see them on the internet from time to time)

[mikemackintosh]

Not specific to this issue, but, I do see this as being a very important part of networking and SDN.

Taking a look at rfc5735 and rfc5156 for IPv4 and IPv6 respectively, these special-use addresses should have some sort of interface within the IPv4 and IPv6 classes.

Open to thoughts on implementation and benefits..

[msimkins]

There is no real concept of Private in IPv6, there is ULA (fc00::/7) which are technically private (well Not Routable anyway),

On 17 Jan 2015, at 22:13, xanview [email protected] wrote:

Why is there no "private?" method for IPv6 addresses? - this is annoying because I have to manually check if the object responds to :private before calling it :(

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[mikemackintosh]

Agreed on the #private? method.

I'd like to solicit some feedback in regards to having methods like #is_ula? and if it would be beneficial? Playing off this, we can also do #is_teredo?, #is_6to4?, #is_orchid?, #is_doc?, etc..

[msimkins]

That would be a good idea, I did add to another gem an address_scope method that returned a document string based on the address type, but the addition of something like this would be beneficial to the gem I believe

On 24 Mar 2015, at 16:39, Mike Simkins [email protected] wrote:

There is no real concept of Private in IPv6, there is ULA (fc00::/7) which are technically private (well Not Routable anyway),

On 17 Jan 2015, at 22:13, xanview <[email protected] mailto:[email protected]> wrote:

Why is there no "private?" method for IPv6 addresses? - this is annoying because I have to manually check if the object responds to :private before calling it :(

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