IPv6 regex matches on "::"

Matched on: ::
Name: Internet Protocol (IP) Address Version 6
Link:  https://www.shodan.io/host/::

This shouldn’t match.

[SkeletalDemise]

I think we should remove :: 😃

What do you mean by that? We can’t remove all instances of :: because then the IPv6 regex won’t work.

[SkeletalDemise]

I doubt the IPv6 address regex will 100% break if we ask it to not match things which are 2 characters

Sorry I got confused and thought you meant removing all instances of :: and not just :: by itself.

Why not? :: will also match on things like Dictionary::Entry::Point which is not an ipv6 address. It has too many false positives and isn’t helpful.

Now I’m confused again. :: is used in IPv6 addresses. See here.

Also, please explain why it won’t work in the future instead of making me ask you why 😃 Saves a lil bit of time / effort ! 😃

The reason it wouldn’t work is because some IPv6 addresses use :: in them and the regex wouldn’t match those.