This is the context of a URL shortener, and one of the goals seems to prohibit b...

mcpherrinm on June 22, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: In search of the perfect URL validation regex

This is the context of a URL shortener, and one of the goals seems to prohibit bad IPs, not all IPs. Bad seems to be defined here as ones in the private IP spaces, and those in multicast space, etc.

lucb1e on June 22, 2014 [–]

Okay, that makes sense!