see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53497/regular-expression-that-matches-valid-ipv6-addresses
# IPv6 RegEx ( ([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){7,7}[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}| # 1:2:3:4:5:6:7:8 ([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,7}:| # 1:: 1:2:3:4:5:6:7:: ([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,6}:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}| # 1::8 1:2:3:4:5:6::8 1:2:3:4:5:6::8 ([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,5}(:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,2}| # 1::7:8 1:2:3:4:5::7:8 1:2:3:4:5::8 ([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,4}(:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,3}| # 1::6:7:8 1:2:3:4::6:7:8 1:2:3:4::8 ([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,3}(:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,4}| # 1::5:6:7:8 1:2:3::5:6:7:8 1:2:3::8 ([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,2}(:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,5}| # 1::4:5:6:7:8 1:2::4:5:6:7:8 1:2::8 [0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:((:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,6})| # 1::3:4:5:6:7:8 1::3:4:5:6:7:8 1::8 :((:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,7}|:)| # ::2:3:4:5:6:7:8 ::2:3:4:5:6:7:8 ::8 :: fe80:(:[0-9a-fA-F]{0,4}){0,4}%[0-9a-zA-Z]{1,}| # fe80::7:8%eth0 fe80::7:8%1 (link-local IPv6 addresses with zone index) ::(ffff(:0{1,4}){0,1}:){0,1} ((25[0-5]|(2[0-4]|1{0,1}[0-9]){0,1}[0-9])\.){3,3} (25[0-5]|(2[0-4]|1{0,1}[0-9]){0,1}[0-9])| # ::255.255.255.255 ::ffff:255.255.255.255 ::ffff:0:255.255.255.255 (IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses and IPv4-translated addresses) ([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,4}: ((25[0-5]|(2[0-4]|1{0,1}[0-9]){0,1}[0-9])\.){3,3} (25[0-5]|(2[0-4]|1{0,1}[0-9]){0,1}[0-9]) # 2001:db8:3:4::192.0.2.33 64:ff9b::192.0.2.33 (IPv4-Embedded IPv6 Address) )
# IPv4 RegEx ((25[0-5]|(2[0-4]|1{0,1}[0-9]){0,1}[0-9])\.){3,3}(25[0-5]|(2[0-4]|1{0,1}[0-9]){0,1}[0-9])