Merge pull request #8644

38d4811 p2p: fix exclusive node DNS resolution for certain hosts [release] (Jeffrey Ryan)

2 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/net/parse.cpp b/src/net/parse.cpp
index 1df6175b4..92be492a3 100644
--- a/src/net/parse.cpp
+++ b/src/net/parse.cpp
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ namespace net
 {
     void get_network_address_host_and_port(const std::string& address, std::string& host, std::string& port)
     {
-        // require ipv6 address format "[addr:addr:addr:...:addr]:port"
+        // If IPv6 address format with port "[addr:addr:addr:...:addr]:port"
         if (address.find(']') != std::string::npos)
         {
             host = address.substr(1, address.rfind(']') - 1);
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@ namespace net
                 port = address.substr(address.rfind(':') + 1);
             }
         }
+        // Else if IPv6 address format without port e.g. "addr:addr:addr:...:addr"
+        else if (std::count(address.begin(), address.end(), ':') >= 2)
+        {
+            host = address;
+        }
+        // Else IPv4, Tor, I2P address or hostname
         else
         {
             host = address.substr(0, address.rfind(':'));
diff --git a/src/net/parse.h b/src/net/parse.h
index 648076d7b..6ece931c6 100644
--- a/src/net/parse.h
+++ b/src/net/parse.h
@@ -38,6 +38,16 @@
 
 namespace net
 {
+    /*!
+     * \brief Takes a valid address string (IP, Tor, I2P, or DNS name) and splits it into host and port
+     *
+     * The host of an IPv6 addresses in the format "[x:x:..:x]:port" will have the braces stripped.
+     * For example, when the address is "[ffff::2023]", host will be set to "ffff::2023".
+     *
+     * \param address The address string one wants to split
+     * \param[out] host The host part of the address string. Is always set.
+     * \param[out] port The port part of the address string. Is only set when address string contains a port.
+    */
     void get_network_address_host_and_port(const std::string& address, std::string& host, std::string& port);
 
     /*!