[pkg-netfilter-team] Bug#1021365: wishlist: support same syntax for ipv6 addresse4s as other tools (RFC2291)

[Marc Lehmann]

Package: nftables
Version: 0.9.8-3.1
Severity: wishlist

Dear Maintainer,

virtually all tools accepting ipv6 addresses use the format defined in RFC
4291 (IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture) section 2.2 (specifically form
3 is what I am talking about).

In fact, the only exception known to me is nftables, which defines its
own format ("Addresses are specified as a host name or as hexadecimal
halfwords separated by colons.").

This makes interoperability between other network tools and nftables
a hassle, as converting from standard IPv6 addressses toi the format
required by nft is quite hard to do e.g. in shell scripts.

I think it would be a very useful improvement if nft used the same IPv6
address format as other tools (in addition to hostnames, of course).

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 11.5
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Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386, x32

Kernel: Linux 6.0.0-schmorp (SMP w/8 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
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LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages nftables depends on:
ii  dpkg          1.20.12
ii  libc6         2.31-13+deb11u4
ii  libedit2      3.1-20191231-2+b1
ii  libnftables1  0.9.8-3.1

nftables recommends no packages.

Versions of packages nftables suggests:
pn  firewalld  <none>

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