Method: Rex::Socket.addr_ntoa

Defined in:
lib/rex/socket.rb

.addr_ntoa(addr) ⇒ String

Converts a network byte order address to ascii

Parameters:

  • addr (String) —

    Packed network-byte-order address

Returns:

  • (String) —

    Human readable IP address.

Raises:



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# File 'lib/rex/socket.rb', line 349

def self.addr_ntoa(addr)
  # IPv4
  if (addr.length == 4)
    return addr.unpack('C4').join('.')
  end

  # IPv6
  if (addr.length == 16)
    return compress_address(addr.unpack('n8').map{ |c| "%x" % c }.join(":"))
  end

  raise RuntimeError, "Invalid address format"
end