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want newtypes for NAT IP addresses

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
rust
Domain
networking

Research direction

Start by reading the context in issue #335 and locating how NAT mappings represent their IP addresses. Define the intended validation boundaries for a newtype and confirm that NAT mappings use it consistently; done means invalid IP addresses cannot enter those mappings and existing behavior remains covered by tests.

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Description

As raised by @internet-diglett in #335, we could use a newtype to validate the IP address used in the NAT mappings.

Dominant language
Rust
Stars
21
Forks
3
Avg merge
10h 45m
Merged PRs (30d)
2

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