ipv6_is_match

Use the ipv6_is_match function to determine whether an IPv6 address belongs to a specified IPv6 subnet. This function is useful when you want to classify, filter, or route network events based on IPv6 subnet membership.

You can use ipv6_is_match in scenarios such as identifying traffic from a known address range, enforcing access control policies, or correlating logs to specific networks. It supports CIDR notation for subnet specification and returns a boolean value for each row in your dataset.

Usage#

Syntax#

ipv6_is_match(ipv6_address, ipv6_subnet)

Parameters#

Returns#

A boolean value:

• true if the ipv6_address belongs to the specified ipv6_subnet.
• false otherwise.

Example#

Identify requests that originate from a known IPv6 subnet.

Query

['sample-http-logs']
| extend isInternal = ipv6_is_match('2001:db8:abcd::1', '2001:db8::/32')
| project _time, uri, method, status, isInternal

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List of related functions#

• ipv4_is_match: Checks whether an IPv4 address belongs to a specified IPv4 subnet. Use it when working with IPv4 addresses.
• parse_ipv4: Parses a string into an IPv4 address. Use it when working with raw IPv4 strings.

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