ipops Module

Iñaki Baz Castillo

Edited by

Iñaki Baz Castillo


Table of Contents

1. Admin Guide
1. Overview
2. Dependencies
2.1. SIP Router Modules
2.2. External Libraries or Applications
3. Parameters
4. Functions
4.1. is_ip (ip)
4.2. is_pure_ip (ip)
4.3. is_ipv4 (ip)
4.4. is_ipv6 (ip)
4.5. is_ipv6_reference (ip)
4.6. ip_type (ip)
4.7. detailed_ip_type (ip, result)
4.8. detailed_ipv4_type (ip, result)
4.9. detailed_ipv6_type (ip, result)
4.10. compare_ips (ip1, ip2)
4.11. compare_pure_ips (ip1, ip2)
4.12. is_ip_rfc1918 (ip)
4.13. is_in_subnet (ip, subnets_list)
4.14. dns_sys_match_ip(hostname, ipaddr)
4.15. dns_int_match_ip(hostname, ipaddr)
4.16. dns_query(hostname, pvid)
4.17. srv_query(srvcname, pvid)

List of Examples

1.1. is_ip usage
1.2. is_pure_ip usage
1.3. is_ipv4 usage
1.4. is_ipv6 usage
1.5. is_ipv6_reference usage
1.6. ip_type usage
1.7. detailed_ip_type usage
1.8. detailed_ipv4_type usage
1.9. detailed_ipv6_type usage
1.10. compare_ips usage
1.11. compare_pure_ips usage
1.12. is_ip_rfc1918 usage
1.13. is_in_subnet usage
1.14. dns_sys_match_ip usage
1.15. dns_int_match_ip usage
1.16. dns_query usage
1.17. srv_query usage

Chapter 1. Admin Guide

1. Overview

The IPops module offers operations for handling IP addresses, both IPv4 and IPv6.

IPv6 is defined in RFC 2460. The same IPv6 address can be represented by different ASCII strings, so binary comparison is required. For example, the following IPv6 addresses are equivalent:

  • 2001:DB8:0000:0000:0008:0800:200C:417A

  • 2001:DB8:0:0:8:800:200C:417A

  • 2001:DB8::200C:417A

When using IPv6 in an URI (i.e. a SIP URI) the IP address must be written in "IPv6 reference" format (which is the textual representation of the IPv6 enclosed between [ ] symbols). An example is sip:alice@[2001:DB8:0:0:8:800:200C:417A]. This allows separation of address and port number with a :, like [2001:DB8:0:0:8:800:200C:417A]:5060. This module also allows comparing an IPv6 address with its IPv6 reference representation.

2. Dependencies

2.1. SIP Router Modules

The following modules must be loaded before this module:

  • No dependencies on other SIP Router modules

2.2. External Libraries or Applications

The following libraries or applications must be installed before running SIP Router with this module loaded:

  • No dependencies on external libraries

3. Parameters

4. Functions

4.1.  is_ip (ip)

Returns TRUE if the argument is a valid IPv4, IPv6 or IPv6 reference. FALSE otherwise.

Parameters:

  • ip - String or pseudo-variable containing the IP address to evaluate.

This function can be used from REQUEST_ROUTE, FAILURE_ROUTE, ONREPLY_ROUTE, BRANCH_ROUTE and LOCAL_ROUTE.

Example 1.1.  is_ip usage

...
if (is_ip($rd)) {
  xlog("L_INFO", "RURI domain is an IP address (not a host name/domain)\n");
}
...

4.2.  is_pure_ip (ip)

Returns TRUE if the argument is a valid IPv4 or IPv6. FALSE otherwise.

Parameters:

  • ip - String or pseudo-variable containing the IP to evaluate.

This function can be used from REQUEST_ROUTE, FAILURE_ROUTE, ONREPLY_ROUTE, BRANCH_ROUTE and LOCAL_ROUTE.

Example 1.2.  is_pure_ip usage

...
$var(ip) = "::1";
if (is_pure_ip($var(ip))) {
  xlog("L_INFO", "it's IPv4 or IPv6\n");
}
...

4.3.  is_ipv4 (ip)

Returns TRUE if the argument is a valid IPv4. FALSE otherwise.

Parameters:

  • ip - String or pseudo-variable containing the IP to evaluate.

This function can be used from REQUEST_ROUTE, FAILURE_ROUTE, ONREPLY_ROUTE, BRANCH_ROUTE and LOCAL_ROUTE.

Example 1.3.  is_ipv4 usage

...
if (is_ipv4("1.2.3.4")) {
  xlog("L_INFO", "it's IPv4\n");
}
...

4.4.  is_ipv6 (ip)

Returns TRUE if the argument is a valid IPv6. FALSE otherwise.

Parameters:

  • ip - String or pseudo-variable containing the IP to evaluate.

This function can be used from REQUEST_ROUTE, FAILURE_ROUTE, ONREPLY_ROUTE, BRANCH_ROUTE and LOCAL_ROUTE.

Example 1.4.  is_ipv6 usage

...
if (is_ipv6("1080:0:0:0:8:800:200C:417A")) {
  xlog("L_INFO", "it's IPv6\n");
}
...

4.5.  is_ipv6_reference (ip)

Returns TRUE if the argument is a valid IPv6 reference. FALSE otherwise.

Parameters:

  • ip - String or pseudo-variable containing the IP to evaluate.

This function can be used from REQUEST_ROUTE, FAILURE_ROUTE, ONREPLY_ROUTE, BRANCH_ROUTE and LOCAL_ROUTE.

Example 1.5.  is_ipv6_reference usage

...
if (is_ipv6_reference("[1080:0:0:0:8:800:200C:417A]")) {
  xlog("L_INFO", "it's IPv6 reference\n");
}
...

4.6.  ip_type (ip)

Returns the type of the given IP.

Parameters:

  • ip - String or pseudo-variable containing the IP to evaluate.

Return value:

  • 1 - IPv4

  • 2 - IPv6

  • 3 - IPv6 reference

  • -1 - invalid IP

This function can be used from REQUEST_ROUTE, FAILURE_ROUTE, ONREPLY_ROUTE, BRANCH_ROUTE and LOCAL_ROUTE.

Example 1.6.  ip_type usage

...
ip_type($var(myip));
switch($rc) {
  case 1:
    xlog("L_INFO", "it's IPv4\n");
    break;
  case 2:
    xlog("L_INFO", "it's IPv6\n");
    break;
  case 3:
    xlog("L_INFO", "it's IPv6 reference\n");
    break;
  case -1:
    xlog("L_INFO", it's type invalid\n");
    break;
}
...

4.7.  detailed_ip_type (ip, result)

Returns the detailed type of the given IP () (see http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv6-address-space/ipv6-address-space.txt, http://www.iana.org/assignments/iana-ipv6-special-registry/iana-ipv6-special-registry.txt, RFC 5735 and RFC 6598: PRIVATE, SHARED, LOOPBACK, IPV4MAP, DISCARD etc).

Parameters:

  • ip - String or pseudo-variable containing the IP to evaluate.

  • result - String or pseudo-variable containing the detailed type of the IP.

    • IPv4 - PUBLIC, RIVATE, SHARED, LOOPBACK, LINK-LOCAL, RESERVED, TEST-NET, 6TO4-RELAY, MULTICAST, BROADCAST
    • IPv6 - UNSPECIFIED, LOOPBACK, IPV4MAP, RESERVED, DISCARD, GLOBAL-UNICAST, TEREDO, BMWG, DOCUMENTATION, ORCHID, 6TO4, UNIQUE-LOCAL-UNICAST, LINK-LOCAL-UNICAST, MULTICAST

Return value:

  • 1 - successful operation

  • negative value - error occured

This function can be used from ALL ROUTES

Example 1.7.  detailed_ip_type usage

...
    detailed_ip_type("192.168.1.2","$var(result)");
    xlog("L_ERR","IP address is of detailed type: $var(result) ");
...

4.8.  detailed_ipv4_type (ip, result)

Returns the detailed type of the given IP () (see RFC 5735 and RFC 6598).

Parameters:

  • ip - String or pseudo-variable containing the IP to evaluate.

  • result - String or pseudo-variable containing the detailed type of the IP.

    • IPv4 - PUBLIC, PRIVATE, SHARED, LOOPBACK, LINK-LOCAL, RESERVED, TEST-NET, 6TO4-RELAY, MULTICAST, BROADCAST

Return value:

  • 1 - successful operation

  • negative value - error occured

This function can be used from ALL ROUTES

Example 1.8.  detailed_ipv4_type usage

...
    detailed_ipv4_type("192.168.1.2","$var(result)");
    xlog("L_ERR","IP address is of detailed type: $var(result) ");
...

4.9.  detailed_ipv6_type (ip, result)

Returns the detailed type of the given IP () (see http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv6-address-space/ipv6-address-space.txt, http://www.iana.org/assignments/iana-ipv6-special-registry/iana-ipv6-special-registry.txt).

Parameters:

  • ip - String or pseudo-variable containing the IP to evaluate.

  • result - String or pseudo-variable containing the detailed type of the IP.

    • IPv6 - UNSPECIFIED, LOOPBACK, IPV4MAP, RESERVED, DISCARD, GLOBAL-UNICAST, TEREDO, BMWG, DOCUMENTATION, ORCHID, 6TO4, UNIQUE-LOCAL-UNICAST, LINK-LOCAL-UNICAST, MULTICAST

Return value:

  • 1 - successful operation

  • negative value - error occured

This function can be used from ALL ROUTES

Example 1.9.  detailed_ipv6_type usage

...
    detailed_ipv6_type("2001:8d8:7c0:402:217:72:194:30","$var(result)");
    xlog("L_ERR","IP address is of detailed type: $var(result) ");

    detailed_ipv6_type("[2001:8d8:7c0:402:217:72:194:30]","$var(result)");
    xlog("L_ERR","IP address is of detailed type: $var(result) ");	
...

4.10.  compare_ips (ip1, ip2)

Returns TRUE if both IP addresses are the same. FALSE otherwise. This function also allows comparing an IPv6 address against an IPv6 reference.

Parameters:

  • ip1 - String or pseudo-variable containing the first IP to compare.

  • ip2 - String or pseudo-variable containing the second IP to compare.

This function can be used from REQUEST_ROUTE, FAILURE_ROUTE, ONREPLY_ROUTE, BRANCH_ROUTE and LOCAL_ROUTE.

Example 1.10.  compare_ips usage

...
if (compare_ips("1080:0000:0000:0000:0008:0800:200C:417A", "[1080::8:800:200C:417A]")) {
  xlog("L_INFO", "both are the same IP\n");
}
...

4.11.  compare_pure_ips (ip1, ip2)

Returns TRUE if both IP's are the same. FALSE otherwise. This function does NOT allow comparing an IPv6 against an IPv6 reference.

Parameters:

  • ip1 - String or pseudo-variable containing the first IP address to compare.

  • ip2 - String or pseudo-variable containing the second IP address to compare.

This function can be used from REQUEST_ROUTE, FAILURE_ROUTE, ONREPLY_ROUTE, BRANCH_ROUTE and LOCAL_ROUTE.

Example 1.11.  compare_pure_ips usage

...
if (compare_pure_ips($si, "1080::8:800:200C:417A")) {
  xlog("L_INFO", "both are the same IP\n");
}
...

4.12.  is_ip_rfc1918 (ip)

Returns TRUE if the argument is a private IPv4 according to RFC 1918. FALSE otherwise.

Parameters:

  • ip - String or pseudo-variable containing the IP to evaluate.

This function can be used from REQUEST_ROUTE, FAILURE_ROUTE, ONREPLY_ROUTE, BRANCH_ROUTE and LOCAL_ROUTE.

Example 1.12.  is_ip_rfc1918 usage

...
if (is_ip_rfc1918("10.0.123.123")) {
  xlog("L_INFO", "it's a private IPv4\n");
}
...

4.13.  is_in_subnet (ip, subnets_list)

Returns TRUE if the first argument is an IP address within the (CIDR notation) subnets list in the second argument. FALSE otherwise.

Parameters:

  • ip - string or pseudo-variable containing the ip to evaluate.

  • subnet - string or pseudo-variable containing the (CIDR notation) subnets list to evaluate.

This function can be used from REQUEST_ROUTE, FAILURE_ROUTE, ONREPLY_ROUTE, BRANCH_ROUTE and LOCAL_ROUTE.

Example 1.13.  is_in_subnet usage

...
if (is_in_subnet("10.0.123.123", "10.0.123.1/24")) {
  xlog("L_INFO", "it's in the subnet\n");
}
...
if (is_in_subnet("10.0.123.123", "10.0.0.0/16,192.168.0.0/24")) {
  xlog("L_INFO", "it's in the subnets\n");
}
...

4.14.  dns_sys_match_ip(hostname, ipaddr)

Returns TRUE if ipaddr is associated by DNS to hostname. FALSE otherwise. It does not use the internal DNS resolver, but directly getaddrinfo(...). All addresses returned for the hostname are checked. Note that some hosts may return different lists of IP addresses for each query, if the DNS server is configured in that way (e.g., for providing load balancing through DNS).

Parameters:

  • hostname - string or pseudo-variable containing the hostname. The resulting IP addresses from DNS query are compared with ipaddr.

  • ipaddr - string or pseudo-variable containing the ip address.

This function can be used from ANY_ROUTE.

Example 1.14.  dns_sys_match_ip usage

...
if (!dns_sys_match_ip("myhost.com", "1.2.3.4")) {
    xdbg("ip address not associated with hostname\n");
}
...

4.15.  dns_int_match_ip(hostname, ipaddr)

Returns TRUE if ipaddr is associated by DNS to hostname. FALSE otherwise. It uses internal DNS resolver. At this moment, the function might not check all the IP addresses as returned by dns_sys_match_ip(), because the internal resolver targets to discover the first address to be used for relaying SIP traffic. Thus is better to use dns_sys_match_ip() if the host you want to check has many IP addresses, in different address famililies (IPv4/6).

Parameters:

  • hostname - string or pseudo-variable containing the hostname. The resulting IP addresses from DNS query are compared with ipaddr.

  • ipaddr - string or pseudo-variable containing the ip address.

This function can be used from ANY_ROUTE.

Example 1.15.  dns_int_match_ip usage

...
if (!dns_int_match_ip("myhost.com", "1.2.3.4")) {
    xdbg("ip address not associated with hostname\n");
}
...

4.16.  dns_query(hostname, pvid)

Store the IP addresses and their type that correspond to hostname in a config variable $dns(pvid=>key).

Parameters:

  • hostname - string or pseudo-variable containing the hostname. The resulting IP addresses from DNS query are compared with ipaddr.

  • pvid - container id for script variable.

This function can be used from ANY_ROUTE.

Example 1.16.  dns_query usage

...
if(dns_query("test.com", "xyz"))
{
    xlog(" number of addresses: $dns(xyz=>count)\n");
    xlog(" ipv4 address found: $dns(xyz=>ipv4)\n");
    xlog(" ipv6 address found: $dns(xyz=>ipv6)\n");
    $var(i) = 0;
    while($var(i)<$dns(xyz=>count)) {
        xlog(" #[$var(i)] type ($dns(xyz=>type[$var(i)]))"
             " addr [$dns(xyz=>addr[$var(i)])]\n");
        $var(i) = $var(i) + 1;
    }
}
...

4.17.  srv_query(srvcname, pvid)

Queries DNS SRV records to resolve a service/protocol name into a list of priorities, weights, ports, and targets sorted by priority and weight as outlined in RFC 2782.

Parameters:

  • srvcname - string or pseudo-variable containing the service/protocol. For example, "_sip._tcp.example.com".

  • pvid - container id for script variable.

Output:

Returns a positive number indicating success or a negative number when an error is encountered. It can be used from ANY_ROUTE.

The $srvquery pseudo-variable (PV) is loaded with the results of the query. Multiple queries can be stored in the PV using the pvid key. Each query contains zero-indexed arrays sorted by priority and weight that contain:

  • count - number of records found

  • port [index] - port number

  • priority [index] - priority number as defined by RFC 2782

  • target [index] - target host name

  • weight [index] - weight number as defined by RFC 2782

Example 1.17.  srv_query usage

...
if (srv_query ("_sip._udp.example.com", "udp") > 0) {
  $var(cnt) = $srvquery(udp=>count);
  $var(i) = 0;
  while ($var(i) < $var(cnt)) {
    xlog ("port[$var(i)] $srvquery(udp=>port[$var(i)])\n");
    xlog ("priority[$var(i)] $srvquery(udp=>priority[$var(i)])\n");
    xlog ("target[$var(i)] $srvquery(udp=>target[$var(i)])\n");
    xlog ("weight[$var(i)] $srvquery(udp=>weight[$var(i)])\n");
    $var(i) = $var(i) + 1;
  }
}
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