How are IP addresses normalized and stored in Panther?
QUESTION
How are IP addresses normalized and stored in Panther? For example, how would Panther normalize these identical IPv6 addresses?
- 1234:1234:1234:0000:0000:1234:1234:1234
- 1234:1234:1234::1234:1234:1234
- 1234:1234:1234:0::1234:1234:1234
ANSWER
Panther does not change incoming data, but the IPv6 addresses are normalized by expanding them fully (e.g., 1234:1234:1234:0000:0000:1234:1234:1234) when putting them into p_any_ip_addresses
, which is what is used for searching.