[tor-bugs] #18079 [Stem]: stem can't parse output of resolver "ss -nput"

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#18079: stem can't parse output of resolver "ss -nput"
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 Reporter:  toralf  |          Owner:  atagar
     Type:  defect  |         Status:  reopened
 Priority:  Medium  |      Milestone:
Component:  Stem    |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal  |     Resolution:
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Comment (by cypherpunks):

 Replying to [comment:1 atagar]:
 > One last thing - in the example you gave above I don't understand the
 format of the 'beam' connections (for example **::ffff:5.9.158.75:5222**).
 Seems it's an IPv6 address mashed together with an IPv4 address? At
 present Stem treats those lines as being malformed.

 This is a well-formed IPv6 address, a standard representation produced by
 inet_ntop(3).
 Please see: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2765. (Warning: at least one
 Wikipedia article refers to the revised RFC —which obsoletes this one— but
 forgets to update the terminology, resulting in misinformation.)

 tl;dr: It's called "IPv4-mapped IPv6 address", in that example the address
 is 5.9.158.75 written in IPv6 (port 5222). The full IPv6 address is:
 {{{0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:ffff:0005:0009:009e:004b}}}

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