Reject octal zeros in IPv4 addresses
This fixes#86964 by rejecting octal zeros in IP addresses, such that `192.168.00.00000000` is rejected with a parse error, since having leading zeros in front of another zero indicates it is a zero written in octal notation, which is not allowed in the strict mode specified by RFC 6943 3.1.1. Octal rejection was implemented in #83652, but due to the way it was implemented octal zeros were still allowed.
Add `Ipv6Addr::is_benchmarking`
This PR adds the unstable method `Ipv6Addr::is_benchmarking`. This method is added for parity with `Ipv4Addr::is_benchmarking`, and I intend to use it in a future rework of `Ipv6Addr::is_global` (edit: #86634) to more accurately follow the [IANA Special Address Registry](https://www.iana.org/assignments/iana-ipv6-special-registry/iana-ipv6-special-registry.xhtml) (like is done in `Ipv4Addr::is_global`).
With `Ipv6Addr::is_benchmarking` and `Ipv4Addr::is_benchmarking` now both existing, `IpAddr::is_benchmarking` is also added.
Add convenience method for handling ipv4-mapped addresses by canonicalizing them
This simplifies checking common properties in an address-family-agnostic
way since #86335 commits to not checking IPv4 semantics
of IPv4-mapped addresses in the `Ipv6Addr` property methods.
Commit to not supporting IPv4-in-IPv6 addresses
Stabilization of the `ip` feature has for a long time been blocked on the question of whether Rust should support handling "IPv4-in-IPv6" addresses: should the various `Ipv6Address` property methods take IPv4-mapped or IPv4-compatible addresses into account. See also the IPv4-in-IPv6 Address Support issue #85609 and #69772 which originally asked the question.
# Overview
In the recent PR #85655 I proposed changing `is_loopback` to take IPv4-mapped addresses into account, so `::ffff:127.0.0.1` would be recognized as a looback address. However, due to the points that came up in that PR, I alternatively propose the following: Keeping the current behaviour and commit to not assigning any special meaning for IPv4-in-IPv6 addresses, other than what the standards prescribe. This would apply to the stable method `is_loopback`, but also to currently unstable methods like `is_global` and `is_documentation` and any future methods. This is implemented in this PR as a change in documentation, specifically the following section:
> Both types of addresses are not assigned any special meaning by this implementation, other than what the relevant standards prescribe. This means that an address like `::ffff:127.0.0.1`, while representing an IPv4 loopback address, is not itself an IPv6 loopback address; only `::1` is. To handle these so called "IPv4-in-IPv6" addresses, they have to first be converted to their canonical IPv4 address.
# Discussion
In the discussion for or against supporting IPv4-in-IPv6 addresses the question what would be least surprising for users of other languages has come up several times. At first it seemed most big other languages supported IPv4-in-IPv6 addresses (or at least considered `::ffff:127.0.0.1` a loopback address). However after further investigation it appears that supporting IPv4-in-IPv6 addresses comes down to how a language represents addresses. .Net and Go do not have a separate type for IPv4 or IPv6 addresses, and do consider `::ffff:127.0.0.1` a loopback address. Java and Python, which do have separate types, do not consider `::ffff:127.0.0.1` a loopback address. Seeing as Rust has the separate `Ipv6Addr` type, it would make sense to also not support IPv4-in-IPv6 addresses. Note that this focuses on IPv4-mapped addresses, no other language handles IPv4-compatible addresses.
Another issue that was raised is how useful supporting these IPv4-in-IPv6 addresses would be in practice. Again with the example of `::ffff:127.0.0.1`, considering it a loopback address isn't too useful as to use it with most of the socket APIs it has to be converted to an IPv4 address anyway. From that perspective it would be better to instead provide better ways for doing this conversion like stabilizing `to_ipv4_mapped` or introducing a `to_canonical` method.
A point in favour of not supporting IPv4-in-IPv6 addresses is that that is the behaviour Rust has always had, and that supporting it would require changing already stable functions like `is_loopback`. This also keeps the documentation of these functions simpler, as we only have to refer to the relevant definitions in the IPv6 specification.
# Decision
To make progress on the `ip` feature, a decision needs to be made on whether or not to support IPv4-in-IPv6 addresses.
There are several options:
- Keep the current implementation and commit to never supporting IPv4-in-IPv6 addresses (accept this PR).
- Support IPv4-in-IPv6 addresses in some/all `IPv6Addr` methods (accept PR #85655).
- Keep the current implementation and but not commit to anything yet (reject both this PR and PR #85655), this entire issue will however come up again in the stabilization of several methods under the `ip` feature.
There are more options, like supporting IPv4-in-IPv6 addresses in `IpAddr` methods instead, but to my knowledge those haven't been seriously argued for by anyone.
There is currently an FCP ongoing on PR #85655. I would ask the libs team for an alternative FCP on this PR as well, which if completed means the rejection of PR #85655, and the decision to commit to not supporting IPv4-in-IPv6 addresses.
If anyone feels there is not enough evidence yet to make the decision for or against supporting IPv4-in-IPv6 addresses, let me know and I'll do whatever I can to resolve it.
This simplifies checking common properties in an address-family-agnostic
way since since #86335 commits to not checking IPv4 semantics
of IPv4-mapped addresses in the `Ipv6Addr` property methods.
Add documentation for `Ipv6MulticastScope`
Adds basic documentation to the unstable `Ipv6MulticastScope`, as well as marking it `#[non_exhaustive]` because future IETF RFCs may introduce additional scopes. The documentation mentions this in a section "Stability Guarantees":
> /// Not all possible values for a multicast scope have been assigned.
/// Future RFCs may introduce new scopes, which will be added as variants to this enum;
/// because of this the enum is marked as `#[non_exhaustive]`.
Remove `Ipv4Addr::is_ietf_protocol_assignment`
This PR removes the unstable method `Ipv4Addr::is_ietf_protocol_assignment`, as I suggested in https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/85612#issuecomment-847863404. The method was added in #60145, as far as I can tell primarily for the implementation of `Ipv4Addr::is_global` (addresses reserved for IETF protocol assignment are not globally reachable unless otherwise specified).
The method was added in 2019, but I haven't been able to find any open-source code using this method so far. I'm also having a hard time coming up with a usecase for specifically this method; knowing that an address is reserved for future protocols doesn't allow you to do much with it, especially since now some of those addresses are indeed assigned to a protocol and have their own behaviour (and might even be defined to be globally reachable, so if that is what you care about it is always more accurate to call `!is_global()`, instead of `is_ietf_protocol_assignment()`).
Because of these reasons, I propose removing the method (or alternatively make it a private helper for `is_global`) and also not introduce `Ipv6Addr::is_ietf_protocol_assignment` and `IpAddr::is_ietf_protocol_assignment` in the future.
The way octal literals are written in IP addresses differs from the way
they are written in Rust code, so the way that octal/hex literals in IPs
are written is explictly mentioned.
Add `Ipv6Addr::is_unicast`
Adds an unstable utility method `Ipv6Addr::is_unicast` under the feature flag `ip` (tracking issue: #27709).
Added for completeness with the other unicast methods (see also https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/85604#issuecomment-848220455) and opposite of `is_multicast`.
Fix documentation style inconsistencies for IP addresses
Pulled out of #85655 as it is unrelated. Fixes some inconsistencies in the docs for IP addresses:
- Currently some addresses are backticked, some are not, this PR backticks everything consistently. (looks better imo)
- Lowercase hex-literals are used when writing addresses.
In its original specification, leading zero in Ipv4 string is interpreted
as octal literals. So a IP address 0127.0.0.1 actually means 87.0.0.1.
This confusion can lead to many security vulnerabilities. Therefore, in
[IETF RFC 6943], it suggests to disallow octal/hexadecimal format in Ipv4
string all together.
Existing implementation already disallows hexadecimal numbers. This commit
makes Parser reject octal numbers.
Fixes#83648.
[IETF RFC 6943]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6943#section-3.1.1
Stabilize `IpAddr::is_ipv4` and `is_ipv6` as const
Insta-stabilize the methods `is_ipv4` and `is_ipv6` of `std::net::IpAddr` as const, in the same way as [PR#76198](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/76198).
Possible because of the recent stabilization of const control flow.
Part of #76225 and #76205.
Insta-stabilize the methods `is_ipv4` and `is_ipv6` of `IpAddr`.
Possible because of the recent stabilization of const control flow.
Also adds a test for these methods in a const context.
