kns: variable length array IP encoding

kinode/packages/kns_indexer/kns_indexer/src/lib.rs

@@ -506,15 +506,15 @@ fn decode_routers(data: &[u8], state: &State) -> anyhow::Result<Vec<String>> {
 
 pub fn bytes_to_ip(bytes: &[u8]) -> anyhow::Result<IpAddr> {
     match bytes.len() {
+        4 => {
+            // IPv4 address
+            let ip_num = u32::from_be_bytes(bytes.try_into().unwrap());
+            Ok(IpAddr::V4(Ipv4Addr::from(ip_num)))
+        }
         16 => {
+            // IPv6 address
             let ip_num = u128::from_be_bytes(bytes.try_into().unwrap());
-            if ip_num < (1u128 << 32) {
+            Ok(IpAddr::V6(Ipv6Addr::from(ip_num)))
-                // IPv4
-                Ok(IpAddr::V4(Ipv4Addr::from(ip_num as u32)))
-            } else {
-                // IPv6
-                Ok(IpAddr::V6(Ipv6Addr::from(ip_num)))
-            }
         }
         _ => Err(anyhow::anyhow!("Invalid byte length for IP address")),
     }

kinode/src/keygen.rs

@@ -161,31 +161,35 @@ pub fn namehash(name: &str) -> [u8; 32] {
     node.into()
 }
 
-pub fn bytes_to_ip(bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<IpAddr, String> {
+pub fn bytes_to_ip(bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<IpAddr> {
     match bytes.len() {
-        16 => {
+        4 => {
-            let ip_num = u128::from_be_bytes(bytes.try_into().unwrap());
+            // IPv4 address
-            if ip_num < (1u128 << 32) {
+            let ip_num = u32::from_be_bytes(bytes.try_into().unwrap());
-                // IPv4
+            Ok(IpAddr::V4(Ipv4Addr::from(ip_num)))
-                Ok(IpAddr::V4(Ipv4Addr::from(ip_num as u32)))
-            } else {
-                // IPv6
-                Ok(IpAddr::V6(Ipv6Addr::from(ip_num)))
-            }
         }
-        other => Err(format!("Invalid byte length for IP address: {other}")),
+        16 => {
+            // IPv6 address
+            let ip_num = u128::from_be_bytes(bytes.try_into().unwrap());
+            Ok(IpAddr::V6(Ipv6Addr::from(ip_num)))
+        }
+        _ => Err(anyhow::anyhow!("Invalid byte length for IP address")),
     }
 }
 
 #[cfg(feature = "simulation-mode")]
-pub fn ip_to_bytes(ip: IpAddr) -> [u8; 16] {
+pub fn ip_to_bytes(ip: IpAddr) -> Vec<u8> {
     match ip {
         IpAddr::V4(ipv4) => {
-            let mut bytes = [0u8; 16];
+            let mut bytes = Vec::with_capacity(4);
-            bytes[12..].copy_from_slice(&ipv4.octets());
+            bytes.extend_from_slice(&ipv4.octets());
+            bytes
+        }
+        IpAddr::V6(ipv6) => {
+            let mut bytes = Vec::with_capacity(16);
+            bytes.extend_from_slice(&ipv6.octets());
             bytes
         }
-        IpAddr::V6(ipv6) => ipv6.octets(),
     }
 }
 

kinode/src/register-ui/src/utils/kns_encoding.ts

@@ -20,24 +20,24 @@ export function bytesToIp(bytes: Uint8Array): string {
 }
 
 export function ipToBytes(ip: string): Uint8Array {
-    const bytes = new Uint8Array(16);
-    const view = new DataView(bytes.buffer);
-
     if (ip.includes(':')) {
-        // IPv6
+        // IPv6: Create a 16-byte array
+        const bytes = new Uint8Array(16);
+        const view = new DataView(bytes.buffer);
         const parts = ip.split(':');
         for (let i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
             view.setUint16(i * 2, parseInt(parts[i] || '0', 16));
         }
+        return bytes;
     } else {
-        // IPv4
+        // IPv4: Create a 4-byte array
+        const bytes = new Uint8Array(4);
         const parts = ip.split('.');
         for (let i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
-            bytes[12 + i] = parseInt(parts[i], 10);
+            bytes[i] = parseInt(parts[i], 10);
         }
+        return bytes;
     }
-
-    return bytes;
 }
 
 export function bytesToPort(bytes: Uint8Array): number {