Re: Do pass-through scripts and snmptrap support IPv6 arguments?

On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 2:12 PM, Zack Little <[email protected]> wrote:
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>
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>> inet_aton only groks IPv4 addresses :). Additional logic needs to
>> be added to parse out the address via inet_addr -- I would introduce
>> another argument (say 'A' instead of 'a'?) for IPv6 addresses so that
>> way there's a clean method for dealing with IPv4 vs IPv6 (some
>> revamping will need to occur because IPv6 addresses must be
>> IPV6-TC::Ipv6Address types, for instance, from what I can see etc).
>> I'll see if I can whip up a patch later on tonight because I know
>> this is going to be a snag for my group in a couple of months :/..
>> Thanks,
>> -Garrett
>
> Garrett,
>
> I forgot to mention something if you end up choosing to change snmptrap to
> support a new type of "A" to signify an IPv6 address.  For consistency's
> sake would you also change the pass-through scripts to support a new type
> that does the same thing?  Currently they only support an IPv4 type of
> "ipaddress".

I can suggest that in my diff, but I'm also a contributor to the
project -- not a committer -- so the resulting diff committed may
vary.
Thanks,
-Garrett

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