bin/84106: inet_pton(AF_INET6, ....) seems too permissive

[Hajimu UMEMOTO]

Hi,

>>>>> On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 00:42:13 -0400 (EDT)
>>>>> "Mikhail T." <mi at aldan.algebra.com> said:

mi> 	NSPR's addtest pointed me at this problem -- our inet_pton
mi> 	gladly accepts invalid IPv6 addresses like:

mi> 		1:2:3:4:5:6:7::8
mi> 	or
mi> 		1:2:3:4:5:6::7:8

mi> 	inet_pton should reject (return 0) both of these addresses.

No, I don't think so.  I cannot see such restriction in RFC 2373 2.2
Text Representation of Addresses.  Isn't it a problem of NSPR's
addtest?

Sincerely,

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