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August 14, 2020 15:40
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generate random ipv4 address in go
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func randomIPFromRange(cidr string) (net.IP, error) { | |
GENERATE: | |
ip, ipnet, err := net.ParseCIDR(cidr) | |
if err != nil { | |
return nil, err | |
} | |
// The number of leading 1s in the mask | |
ones, _ := ipnet.Mask.Size() | |
quotient := ones / 8 | |
remainder := ones % 8 | |
// create random 4-byte byte slice | |
r := make([]byte, 4) | |
rand.Read(r) | |
for i := 0; i <= quotient; i++ { | |
if i == quotient { | |
shifted := byte(r[i]) >> remainder | |
r[i] = ^ipnet.IP[i] & shifted | |
} else { | |
r[i] = ipnet.IP[i] | |
} | |
} | |
ip = net.IPv4(r[0], r[1], r[2], r[3]) | |
if ip.Equal(ipnet.IP) /*|| ip.Equal(broadcast) */ { | |
// we got unlucky. The host portion of our ipv4 address was | |
// either all 0s (the network address) or all 1s (the broadcast address) | |
goto GENERATE | |
} | |
return ip, nil | |
} |
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