Unrecognized Address Error

  • Resolved amitico

    (@amitico)


    10 years, 2 months ago

    Warning: inet_pton() [function.inet-pton]: Unrecognized address 2620:0:1c00:: in ………..\wp-content\plugins\wordfence\lib\wfUtils.php on line 229

    Wordfence has begun giving the above “unrecognized address” error messages, and appears not to be functioning. The same error appears two or three times at the top of each page I try to load. The line referenced concerns IPV6 support. Any ideas on how to correct this, without being able to update the server’s installation of Apache?

    https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/

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  • WFBrian

    (@wfbrian)

    10 years, 2 months ago

    Hi,

    Try removing Wordfence and all table data and then do a clean reinstall. That should take care of it.

    https://support.wordfence.com/support/solutions/articles/1000010321-how-can-i-remove-all-wordfence-data-or-reset-wordfence-to-the-default-settings-

    -Brian

    Thread Starter amitico

    (@amitico)

    10 years, 2 months ago

    Thanks for the tip, though it made no difference. I’m still getting the same unrecognized address errors after following the solution above.

    I seem to recall reading somewhere that it may be related to the version of Apache that is running on the server, and its compatibility with IPV6. But at the time I read that I wasn’t having any problem.

    Plugin Author WFMattR

    (@wfmattr)

    10 years, 2 months ago

    Hi,

    Since reinstalling didn’t help, you will probably need the host to update PHP to solve the problem. If the addresses are appearing in Wordfence, you are getting IPv6 traffic and Apache is accepting it, so the host should use a version of PHP that supports it.

    One caveat — if you use CloudFlare, they have an option that allows IPv6 traffic even if your host doesn’t support it. In that case, you may just need to turn off the IPv6 features in your CloudFlare account.

    If the messages appear at the top of every page, you might also need to turn off WP_DEBUG in your wp-config.php. WP_DEBUG could leak information that attackers can use, if it’s enabled on a live site. (If you disable it, you can still find error messages in the site’s “error log” file, if needed.)

    -Matt R

    Thread Starter amitico

    (@amitico)

    10 years, 2 months ago

    Thanks for the tip on turning off WP_DEBUG. I disabled wordfence to stop the errors from appearing. Now to see about getting the host to update PHP. Cheers

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