[HTTPCLIENT-1317] InetAddressUtils should handle IPv6 Addresses with Embedded IPv4 Addresses

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 4.3 Final
• Component/s: HttpClient (classic)
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Sebb
• Created: 06/Feb/13 02:17
• Updated: 20/Sep/16 19:30
• Resolved: 11/Feb/13 19:15

Description

IPv6 Addresses with Embedded IPv4 Addresses are not currently handled by InetAddressUtils

See RFC 4291 [1] section 2.5.5

It looks like matching of IPv4-Compatible IPv6 Addresses - e.g. ::1.2.3.4 - is not needed, but IPv4-Mapped IPv6 Addresses - e.g. ::FFFF:1.2.3.4 - will be useful

[1] https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4291#section-2.5.5