ipalf

IP Address List Filter

Introduction

This command line utility take a list of ip addresses and/or networks / subnets from stdin and filters for IPv4 and/or IPv6 addresses, single ips or networks. Please use a combination of the following flags to allow these entries:

• --ipv4
• --ipv6
• --network
• --singleip

IP networks / subnets need to be in CIDR notation (please see RFC2317).

Usage

Let's jump into an example:

A file example.txt contains the following lines:

10.1.0.1
10.1.0.0/16

If you cat example.txt | ipalf --networks --ipv4 you get the following list:

10.1.0.0/16

The single ip addresses 10.1.0.1 is gone.

Building and dependencies

ipalf is written in Go (Golang), Go SDK v1.20+ is required. You can either run go build or go for a platform build:

• make amd64 for x86_64
• make arm64 for arm64

FAQ

• Do we really need a new tool? Isn't it easier and more flexible to use regex and a small script to achieve the same results? Yes and no. Regex (regular expressions) may work in most cases, but things get a bit messy when it comes to debugging or when you have to deal with ip addresses in CIDR notation (/32 for IPv4, /128 for IPv6),
• Where is this tool used? We use this tool in our pipelines to optimise e.g. our Threat Data Feeds for SOHO. These feeds contain known spambots, forum spammers, ip scanners, etc. that should be blocked at the WAN side of a network. The problem with SOHO (small office home office) network equipment is that it is notoriously low on CPU power and RAM, so smaller more optimised lists are key for a successful deployment on these kind of devices.

Feedback

We would love to hear from you! Please contact us at [email protected] for feedback and general requests. Kindly raise an issue in GitHub if you find a problem in the code.

License

Release under the MIT License. (see LICENSE)

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