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Generate a random IPv6 address
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#!/usr/bin/env python3 | |
""" | |
Generate a random IPv6 address for a specified subnet | |
""" | |
from random import seed, getrandbits | |
from ipaddress import IPv6Network, IPv6Address | |
subnet = '2001:db8:100::/64' | |
seed() | |
network = IPv6Network(subnet) | |
address = IPv6Address(network.network_address + getrandbits(network.max_prefixlen - network.prefixlen)) | |
print(address) |
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Here's a way to generate them a bit faster