Question

Here I have a static reference the ranges I need to check:

private static List<string> Ip_Range = new List<string>()
{
    "12.144.86.0/23",
    "31.201.1.176/30",
    "46.36.198.101/32",
    "46.36.198.102/31",
    "46.36.198.104/31",
    "46.136.172.0/24",
    "63.65.11.0/24",
    "63.65.12.0/25",
    "63.65.12.128/26",
    "63.65.12.192/27",
    "63.65.12.224/28",
    "63.65.12.240/29",
    "63.65.12.248/30",
    "63.65.12.252/31",
    "63.65.12.254/32",
    "65.173.56.0/21",
    "67.23.241.179/32",
    "67.23.241.180/30",
    "67.23.241.184/29",
    "67.23.241.192/30",
    "67.23.241.196/31",
    "67.23.241.198/32",
    "72.32.164.56/29",
    "72.46.244.32/28",
    "74.91.16.48/29",
    "74.91.16.208/29",
    "74.91.20.48/28",
    "74.91.20.64/29",
    "74.112.134.120/29",
    "74.112.135.104/29",
    "74.205.37.16/29",
    "78.24.205.32/28",
    "98.129.27.88/29",
    "98.129.91.40/29",
    "166.114.0.0/16",
    "167.157.0.0/16",
    "174.143.165.80/29",
    "186.0.156.0/22",
    "186.2.0.0/17",
    "186.27.0.0/17",
    "190.0.248.0/21",
    "190.3.184.0/21"
};

Here’s some pseudo code on how I see it working:

public static bool IpIsWithinRange(string ip) //Something like 127.0.0.1 or 184.56.26.35
{
    IPAddress incomingIp = IPAddress.Parse(ip);
    foreach (var subnet in Ip_Range)
    {
        IPAddress sub = IPAddress.Parse(subnet); ?????
        if (incomingIp "is in" sub) ?
            return true;            
    }
    return false;
}

Any suggestions on how to code up this functionality?

Answer 1

Decided to answer my own question so people can benefit. If it can be improved, please do!

I used the IPNetwork library and it worked out fantastically!

nuget install IPNetwork2

Below is the code I used:

using System.Net;

public static class RedirectHelpers
{
    public static bool IpIsWithinBoliviaRange(string ip)
    {
        IPAddress incomingIp = IPAddress.Parse(ip);
        foreach (var subnet in Bolivia_Ip_Range)
        {
            IPNetwork network = IPNetwork.Parse(subnet);

            if (IPNetwork.Contains(network, incomingIp))
                return true;
        }
        return false;
    }

    private static List<string> Bolivia_Ip_Range = new List<string>()
    {
        "12.144.86.0/23",
        "31.201.1.176/30",
        "46.36.198.101/32",
        "46.36.198.102/31",
        "46.36.198.104/31",
        "46.136.172.0/24",
        "63.65.11.0/24",
        "63.65.12.0/25",
        "63.65.12.128/26",
        "63.65.12.192/27",
        "63.65.12.224/28",
        "63.65.12.240/29",
        "63.65.12.248/30",
        "63.65.12.252/31",
        "63.65.12.254/32",
        "65.173.56.0/21",
        "67.23.241.179/32",
        "67.23.241.180/30",
        "67.23.241.184/29",
        "67.23.241.192/30",
        "67.23.241.196/31",
        "67.23.241.198/32",
        "72.32.164.56/29",
        "72.46.244.32/28",
        "74.91.16.48/29",
        "74.91.16.208/29",
        "74.91.20.48/28",
        "74.91.20.64/29",
        "74.112.134.120/29",
        "74.112.135.104/29",
        "74.205.37.16/29",
        "78.24.205.32/28",
        "98.129.27.88/29",
        "98.129.91.40/29",
        "166.114.0.0/16",
        "167.157.0.0/16",
        "174.143.165.80/29",
        "186.0.156.0/22",
        "186.2.0.0/17",
        "186.27.0.0/17",
        "190.0.248.0/21",
        "190.3.184.0/21",
        "166.114.0.0/16",
        "167.157.0.0/16",
        "186.2.0.0/18",
        "190.11.64.0/20",
        "190.11.80.0/20",
        "190.103.64.0/20",
        "190.104.0.0/19",
        "190.107.32.0/20",
        "190.129.0.0/17",
        "190.181.0.0/18",
        "190.186.0.0/18",
        "190.186.64.0/18",
        "190.186.128.0/18",
        "200.7.160.0/20",
        "200.58.64.0/20",
        "200.58.80.0/20",
        "200.58.160.0/20",
        "200.58.176.0/20",
        "200.75.160.0/20",
        "200.85.128.0/20",
        "200.87.0.0/17",
        "200.87.128.0/17",
        "200.105.128.0/19",
        "200.105.160.0/19",
        "200.105.192.0/19",
        "200.112.192.0/20",
        "200.119.192.0/20",
        "200.119.208.0/20",
        "201.222.64.0/19",
        "201.222.96.0/19"
    };
}