6.3.8 Input format for Connection Destinations

The format in which you enter Connection Destinations depends on how the destinations are specified (as a single destination, a range of destinations, or all destinations).

Table 6‒5: Input format for connection destinations
Method	Specification method	Input format	Description
Host Name	Single destination	Enter the Connection Destination in regular expression format. The pattern of the regular expression must conform to the PCRE specification. You can use a regular expression to specify multiple host names. The check that compares whether a host name registered in a Connection Destination definition is the same as a host name specified in a plug-in property is not case sensitive.
	Range of destinations
	All destinations
IPv4	Single destination	`xxx`.`xxx`.`xxx`.`xxx`	Represents the IP address `xxx`.`xxx`.`xxx`.`xxx` `xxx` A number from 0 to 255. . A delimiter between numbers.
	Range of destinations	`xxx`.`xxx`.`xxx`.`aaa`-`bbb`	Indicates IP addresses in the range from `xxx`.`xxx`.`xxx`.`aaa` to `xxx`.`xxx`.`xxx`.`bbb`. `xxx` A number from 0 to 255. . A delimiter between numbers. `aaa` A number from 0 to 255. - A symbol indicating that a range of IP addresses is specified. `bbb` A number from aaa + 1 to 255.
	All destinations	*	Indicates all IP addresses.
IPv6	Single destination	Specify a RFC2373-compliant unicast address.
	Range of destinations	Specify an address range using a network prefix as defined in RFC2373.
	All destinations	*	Indicates all IP addresses.

Table 6‒6: Example of specifying destinations in IPv4 format
Example	Description
192.168.1.5	Indicates the IP address 192.168.1.5.
192.168.1.1-255	Indicates IP addresses in the range from 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.255.
192.168.1.5-15	Indicates IP addresses in the range from 192.168.1.5 to 192.168.1.15.
*	Indicates all IP addresses.

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