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Version: 3.1

helpers Package

import "github.com/croessner/nauthilus/v3/pluginapi/v1/helpers"

This package contains deterministic, non-secret standalone functions. Unlike Host.Helpers(), callers supply explicit options.

AccountTagOptions​

type AccountTagOptions struct {
    HashTagPrefix string
    UseHashTags   bool
}

UseHashTags enables Redis Cluster brace tags. HashTagPrefix is placed before the account digest; empty uses acm- when tags are enabled. The struct zero value disables tags because UseHashTags is false.

DefaultAccountTagOptions​

func DefaultAccountTagOptions() AccountTagOptions

Returns:

AccountTagOptions{
    HashTagPrefix: "acm-",
    UseHashTags:   true,
}

These are Lua-compatible defaults.

AccountTag​

func AccountTag(username string, options AccountTagOptions) string

Returns an empty string when username is empty or UseHashTags is false. Otherwise it returns:

{<prefix><lowercase MD5 hex of username bytes>}

With defaults, alice produces a tag shaped like {acm-<32 hex characters>}. The MD5 digest is used only for stable Redis slot distribution, not password hashing, authentication, anonymity, or collision resistance. Username bytes are not normalized; case and Unicode representation change the result.

IPScopingOptions​

type IPScopingOptions struct {
    IPv4CIDR int
    IPv6CIDR int
}

IPv4CIDR must be 1-32 to group IPv4; IPv6CIDR must be 1-128 to group IPv6. Zero, negative, and out-of-range values disable grouping for that family.

ScopedIP​

func ScopedIP(ip string, options IPScopingOptions) string

Returns the original input when it is empty, cannot be parsed by net.ParseIP, or the applicable CIDR is disabled/invalid. Otherwise it returns the canonical network string from net.ParseCIDR, such as 192.0.2.0/24. It accepts only an address input, not an address already carrying a prefix. This helper does not decide whether the address is publicly routable.

IsRoutableIP​

func IsRoutableIP(ip string) bool

Returns false for parse failures and addresses classified by netip as unspecified, loopback, multicast, link-local unicast, or private. It also excludes these explicit networks:

0.0.0.0/8
100.64.0.0/10
192.0.0.0/24
192.0.2.0/24
192.88.99.0/24
198.51.100.0/24
203.0.113.0/24
240.0.0.0/4
fc00::/7

All other parsed addresses return true. This is a stable application helper, not a complete/live IANA special-purpose registry implementation; in particular, do not treat true as proof that routing will work or that an address is safe to contact. Apply deployment allow/deny rules separately.